From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The USB control messages require DMA to work. We cannot pass a stack-allocated buffer, as it is not warranted that the stack would be into a DMA enabled area. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c b/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c index 13620cdf0599..417d683b237d 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c @@ -545,10 +545,19 @@ static void free_sbufs(struct camera_data *cam) static int write_packet(struct usb_device *udev, u8 request, u8 * registers, u16 start, size_t size) { + unsigned char *buf; + int ret; + if (!registers || size <= 0) return -EINVAL; - return usb_control_msg(udev, + buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!buf) + return -ENOMEM; + + memcpy(buf, registers, size); + + ret = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(udev, 0), request, USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE, @@ -557,6 +566,9 @@ static int write_packet(struct usb_device *udev, registers, /* buffer */ size, HZ); + + kfree(buf); + return ret; } /**************************************************************************** @@ -567,18 +579,32 @@ static int write_packet(struct usb_device *udev, static int read_packet(struct usb_device *udev, u8 request, u8 * registers, u16 start, size_t size) { + unsigned char *buf; + int ret; + if (!registers || size <= 0) return -EINVAL; - return usb_control_msg(udev, + buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!buf) + return -ENOMEM; + + ret = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, 0), request, USB_DIR_IN|USB_TYPE_VENDOR|USB_RECIP_DEVICE, start, /* value */ 0, /* index */ - registers, /* buffer */ + buf, /* buffer */ size, HZ); + + if (ret >= 0) + memcpy (registers, buf, size); + + kfree(buf); + + return ret; } /****************************************************************************** -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html