Hi Sean,
I just realized that files in media_build/linux/driver are not
associate with a git repository. They are retrieved by the build
command.
So, I cloned the linux-stable repository to generate the patch.
Regards,
Laurent
2017-11-11 11:56 GMT+01:00 Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Laurent,
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 09:33:58PM +0100, Laurent Caumont wrote:
>> Hi Mauro,
>>
>> I could send you a patch but my git doesn't see the modification I
>> made, so it's unable to generate a patch.
>> I don't know if it's a git issue on ubunu 17.10 or if it's the way the
>> repository was created.
>
> The difference might be in the git index (or not in it). If you send a
> Signed-off-by: Laurent etc line then I'm happy to handle the patch
> generation.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sean
From 03cebd478b80677252a0f48d71d0de05e6c82740 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Caumont <lcaumont2@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 18:44:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] media: dvb: i2c transfers over usb - use kmalloc instead
stack
---
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c
index 8207e690..e1c31381 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dibusb-common.c
@@ -223,8 +223,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dibusb_i2c_algo);
int dibusb_read_eeprom_byte(struct dvb_usb_device *d, u8 offs, u8 *val)
{
- u8 wbuf[1] = { offs };
- return dibusb_i2c_msg(d, 0x50, wbuf, 1, val, 1);
+ u8 *wbuf;
+ u8 *rbuf;
+ int rc;
+
+ rbuf = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!rbuf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ wbuf = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!wbuf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ *wbuf = offs;
+
+ rc = dibusb_i2c_msg(d, 0x50, wbuf, 1, rbuf, 1);
+ kfree(wbuf);
+ *val = *rbuf;
+ kfree(rbuf);
+
+ return rc;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dibusb_read_eeprom_byte);
--
2.14.1
