ACPICA: Clarify ACPI_FREE_BUFFER usage.
Add a comment to clarify reason for using ACPI_FREE_BUFFER directly
instead of ACPI_FREE.
In addition to that, change one instance in which ACPI_FREE_BUFFER()
should be used instead of ACPI_FREE().
[rjw: Subject and changelog]
Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c
index a6e3bca..ce2a845 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
/* Caller used ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, free the return buffer */
- ACPI_FREE(return_buffer->pointer);
+ ACPI_FREE_BUFFER(*return_buffer);
return_buffer->pointer = NULL;
}
diff --git a/include/acpi/actypes.h b/include/acpi/actypes.h
index 63909d9..0bb23e6 100644
--- a/include/acpi/actypes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/actypes.h
@@ -919,9 +919,13 @@
void *pointer; /* pointer to buffer */
};
-/* Free a buffer created in an struct acpi_buffer via ACPI_ALLOCATE_LOCAL_BUFFER */
-
-#define ACPI_FREE_BUFFER(b) ACPI_FREE(b.pointer)
+/*
+ * Free a buffer created in an struct acpi_buffer via ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER.
+ * Note: We use acpi_os_free here because acpi_os_allocate was used to allocate
+ * the buffer. This purposefully bypasses the internal allocation tracking
+ * mechanism (if it is enabled).
+ */
+#define ACPI_FREE_BUFFER(b) acpi_os_free((b).pointer)
/*
* name_type for acpi_get_name