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ACPICA commit d3c944f2cdc8c7e847b7942b1864f285189f7bce Windows seems to allow arbitrary table signatures for Load/load_table opcodes: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Table has invalid signature [PRAD] (0x44415250) So this patch removes dynamic load signature checks. However we need to find a way to avoid table loading against tables like MADT. This is not covered by this commit. This Windows behavior has been validated on link #1. An end user bug report can also be found on link #2. This patch also includes simple cleanup for static load signature check code. Reported by Ye Xiaolong, Fixed by Lv Zheng. Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/d3c944f2 Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/121 [#1] Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118601 [#2] Reported-by: Ye Xiaolong <xiaolong.ye@intel.com> Reported-by: Olga Uhina <olga.uhina@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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