Am 22.02.2013 20:06, schrieb Greg KH: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 07:58:35PM +0100, walter harms wrote: >> >> >> Am 22.02.2013 19:07, schrieb Kumar Amit Mehta: >>> fix for instances of DMA buffer on stack(being passed to usb_control_msg) for >>> the USB-DUXfast Board driver. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxfast.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++----------- >>> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxfast.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxfast.c >>> index 4bf5dd0..1ba0e3d 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxfast.c >>> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxfast.c >>> @@ -436,10 +436,14 @@ static void usbduxfastsub_ai_Irq(struct urb *urb) >>> static int usbduxfastsub_start(struct usbduxfastsub_s *udfs) >>> { >>> int ret; >>> - unsigned char local_transfer_buffer[16]; >>> + unsigned char *local_transfer_buffer; >>> + >>> + local_transfer_buffer = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL); >>> + if (!local_transfer_buffer) >>> + return -ENOMEM; >>> >>> /* 7f92 to zero */ >>> - local_transfer_buffer[0] = 0; >>> + *local_transfer_buffer = 0; >>> /* bRequest, "Firmware" */ >>> ret = usb_control_msg(udfs->usbdev, usb_sndctrlpipe(udfs->usbdev, 0), >>> USBDUXFASTSUB_FIRMWARE, >>> @@ -450,22 +454,25 @@ static int usbduxfastsub_start(struct usbduxfastsub_s *udfs) >>> local_transfer_buffer, >>> 1, /* Length */ >>> EZTIMEOUT); /* Timeout */ >>> - if (ret < 0) { >>> + if (ret < 0) >>> dev_err(&udfs->interface->dev, >>> "control msg failed (start)\n"); >>> - return ret; >>> - } >>> >>> - return 0; >>> + kfree(local_transfer_buffer); >>> + return ret; >>> } >>> >>> static int usbduxfastsub_stop(struct usbduxfastsub_s *udfs) >>> { >>> int ret; >>> - unsigned char local_transfer_buffer[16]; >>> + unsigned char *local_transfer_buffer; >>> + >>> + local_transfer_buffer = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL); >>> + if (!local_transfer_buffer) >>> + return -ENOMEM; >>> >>> /* 7f92 to one */ >>> - local_transfer_buffer[0] = 1; >>> + *local_transfer_buffer = 1; >>> /* bRequest, "Firmware" */ >>> ret = usb_control_msg(udfs->usbdev, usb_sndctrlpipe(udfs->usbdev, 0), >>> USBDUXFASTSUB_FIRMWARE, >>> @@ -474,13 +481,12 @@ static int usbduxfastsub_stop(struct usbduxfastsub_s *udfs) >>> 0x0000, /* Index */ >>> local_transfer_buffer, 1, /* Length */ >>> EZTIMEOUT); /* Timeout */ >>> - if (ret < 0) { >>> + if (ret < 0) >>> dev_err(&udfs->interface->dev, >>> "control msg failed (stop)\n"); >>> - return ret; >>> - } >>> >>> - return 0; >>> + kfree(local_transfer_buffer); >>> + return ret; >>> } >>> >>> static int usbduxfastsub_upload(struct usbduxfastsub_s *udfs, >> >> mmh, it seems a bit overheat to alloc 1 byte. >> Could one of the driver maintainers please comment >> is that realy need ? > > Yes it is needed. > >> or is it possible to pass one byte >> in a register ? (aka char/int) without allocating ? > > Nope, the USB host controllers must be able to DMA to this memory > location, so you have to allocate it dynamically, sorry. > > thanks, thx for clarification. @Kumar Amit Mehta: Would you mind to add this as comment ? Allocating one byte does not look clever so maybe will come up with the idea of changing that. re, wh _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel