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-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c24
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 5e596a7e360..0b24a114100 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <asm/dmi.h>
+static char dmi_empty_string[] = " ";
+
static char * __init dmi_string(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
{
const u8 *bp = ((u8 *) dm) + dm->length;
@@ -21,11 +23,16 @@ static char * __init dmi_string(const struct dmi_header *dm, u8 s)
}
if (*bp != 0) {
- str = dmi_alloc(strlen(bp) + 1);
+ size_t len = strlen(bp)+1;
+ size_t cmp_len = len > 8 ? 8 : len;
+
+ if (!memcmp(bp, dmi_empty_string, cmp_len))
+ return dmi_empty_string;
+ str = dmi_alloc(len);
if (str != NULL)
strcpy(str, bp);
else
- printk(KERN_ERR "dmi_string: out of memory.\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "dmi_string: cannot allocate %Zu bytes.\n", len);
}
}
@@ -175,12 +182,23 @@ static void __init dmi_save_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
}
}
+static struct dmi_device empty_oem_string_dev = {
+ .name = dmi_empty_string,
+};
+
static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
{
int i, count = *(u8 *)(dm + 1);
struct dmi_device *dev;
for (i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
+ char *devname = dmi_string(dm, i);
+
+ if (!strcmp(devname, dmi_empty_string)) {
+ list_add(&empty_oem_string_dev.list, &dmi_devices);
+ continue;
+ }
+
dev = dmi_alloc(sizeof(*dev));
if (!dev) {
printk(KERN_ERR
@@ -189,7 +207,7 @@ static void __init dmi_save_oem_strings_devices(const struct dmi_header *dm)
}
dev->type = DMI_DEV_TYPE_OEM_STRING;
- dev->name = dmi_string(dm, i);
+ dev->name = devname;
dev->device_data = NULL;
list_add(&dev->list, &dmi_devices);