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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c index d88f388a3450..1f80b2628162 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c @@ -354,7 +354,14 @@ static acpi_status __query_block(struct wmi_block *wblock, u8 instance, * the WQxx method failed - we should disable collection anyway. */ if ((block->flags & ACPI_WMI_EXPENSIVE) && ACPI_SUCCESS(wc_status)) { - status = acpi_execute_simple_method(handle, wc_method, 0); + /* + * Ignore whether this WCxx call succeeds or not since + * the previously executed WQxx method call might have + * succeeded, and returning the failing status code + * of this call would throw away the result of the WQxx + * call, potentially leaking memory. + */ + acpi_execute_simple_method(handle, wc_method, 0); } return status; |