Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux...

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / drivers / acpi / utilities / utobject.c

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
index 4696124759e1546b16cde08d99d15bcc4515abb2..e08b3fa6639f593c0c1d4c893d591be26d36243c 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/utilities/utobject.c
@@ -144,6 +144,48 @@ union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_internal_object_dbg(char *module_name,
        return_PTR(object);
 }
 
+/*******************************************************************************
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_create_package_object
+ *
+ * PARAMETERS:  Count               - Number of package elements
+ *
+ * RETURN:      Pointer to a new Package object, null on failure
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION: Create a fully initialized package object
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+union acpi_operand_object *acpi_ut_create_package_object(u32 count)
+{
+       union acpi_operand_object *package_desc;
+       union acpi_operand_object **package_elements;
+
+       ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE_U32(ut_create_package_object, count);
+
+       /* Create a new Package object */
+
+       package_desc = acpi_ut_create_internal_object(ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE);
+       if (!package_desc) {
+               return_PTR(NULL);
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Create the element array. Count+1 allows the array to be null
+        * terminated.
+        */
+       package_elements = ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED((acpi_size)
+                                               (count + 1) * sizeof(void *));
+       if (!package_elements) {
+               acpi_ut_remove_reference(package_desc);
+               return_PTR(NULL);
+       }
+
+       package_desc->package.count = count;
+       package_desc->package.elements = package_elements;
+       return_PTR(package_desc);
+}
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  *
  * FUNCTION:    acpi_ut_create_buffer_object
@@ -390,7 +432,7 @@ acpi_ut_get_simple_object_size(union acpi_operand_object *internal_object,
         * element -- which is legal)
         */
        if (!internal_object) {
-               *obj_length = 0;
+               *obj_length = sizeof(union acpi_object);
                return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
        }