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: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c index dd048a7c461c..189b6725edd0 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c @@ -35,41 +35,45 @@ static int usb_cypress_writemem(struct usb_device *udev,u16 addr,u8 *data, u8 le int usb_cypress_load_firmware(struct usb_device *udev, const struct firmware *fw, int type) { - struct hexline hx; - u8 reset; - int ret,pos=0; + u8 *buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hexline), GFP_KERNEL); + struct hexline *hx = (struct hexline *)buf; + int ret, pos = 0; + u16 cpu_cs_register = cypress[type].cpu_cs_register; /* stop the CPU */ - reset = 1; - if ((ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1)) != 1) + buf[0] = 1; + if (usb_cypress_writemem(udev, cpu_cs_register, buf, 1) != 1) err("could not stop the USB controller CPU."); - while ((ret = dvb_usb_get_hexline(fw,&hx,&pos)) > 0) { - deb_fw("writing to address 0x%04x (buffer: 0x%02x %02x)\n",hx.addr,hx.len,hx.chk); - ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,hx.addr,hx.data,hx.len); + while ((ret = dvb_usb_get_hexline(fw, hx, &pos)) > 0) { + deb_fw("writing to address 0x%04x (buffer: 0x%02x %02x)\n", + hx->addr, hx->len, hx->chk); + ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev, hx->addr, hx->data, hx->len); - if (ret != hx.len) { + if (ret != hx->len) { err("error while transferring firmware " "(transferred size: %d, block size: %d)", - ret,hx.len); + ret, hx->len); ret = -EINVAL; break; } } if (ret < 0) { - err("firmware download failed at %d with %d",pos,ret); + err("firmware download failed at %d with %d", pos, ret); + kfree(buf); return ret; } if (ret == 0) { /* restart the CPU */ - reset = 0; - if (ret || usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1) != 1) { + buf[0] = 0; + if (usb_cypress_writemem(udev, cpu_cs_register, buf, 1) != 1) { err("could not restart the USB controller CPU."); ret = -EINVAL; } } else ret = -EIO; + kfree(buf); return ret; } -- 2.11.0 -- 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