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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/namespace/nseval.c17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nseval.c b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nseval.c
index 0a1ae670a84..42dae12f2ef 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/namespace/nseval.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/namespace/nseval.c
@@ -148,21 +148,22 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_evaluate(struct acpi_evaluate_info * info)
info->param_count++;
}
- /* Error if too few arguments were passed in */
+ /*
+ * Warning if too few or too many arguments have been passed by the
+ * caller. We don't want to abort here with an error because an
+ * incorrect number of arguments may not cause the method to fail.
+ * However, the method will fail if there are too few arguments passed
+ * and the method attempts to use one of the missing ones.
+ */
if (info->param_count < info->obj_desc->method.param_count) {
- ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
+ ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO,
"Insufficient arguments - "
"method [%4.4s] needs %d, found %d",
acpi_ut_get_node_name(info->resolved_node),
info->obj_desc->method.param_count,
info->param_count));
- return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_MISSING_ARGUMENTS);
- }
-
- /* Just a warning if too many arguments */
-
- else if (info->param_count >
+ } else if (info->param_count >
info->obj_desc->method.param_count) {
ACPI_WARNING((AE_INFO,
"Excess arguments - "