Use kmalloc to allocate the efuse buffer in ReadAdapterInfo8188EU and free it on exit. This is better than using a 512 byte array on the stack. It's ok to drop the __aligned(4) qualifier. kmalloc aligns to ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, this is at least 8 bytes. Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin Kaiser <martin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c index 8902dda7b8d8..421fe7c40390 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/hal/usb_halinit.c @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ void ReadAdapterInfo8188EU(struct adapter *Adapter) { struct eeprom_priv *eeprom = &Adapter->eeprompriv; struct led_priv *ledpriv = &Adapter->ledpriv; - u8 efuse_buf[EFUSE_MAP_LEN_88E] __aligned(4); + u8 *efuse_buf; u8 eeValue; int res; @@ -937,7 +937,10 @@ void ReadAdapterInfo8188EU(struct adapter *Adapter) eeprom->bautoload_fail_flag = !(eeValue & EEPROM_EN); - memset(efuse_buf, 0xFF, sizeof(efuse_buf)); + efuse_buf = kmalloc(EFUSE_MAP_LEN_88E, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!efuse_buf) + return; + memset(efuse_buf, 0xFF, EFUSE_MAP_LEN_88E); if (!(eeValue & BOOT_FROM_EEPROM) && !eeprom->bautoload_fail_flag) { rtl8188e_EfusePowerSwitch(Adapter, true); @@ -957,6 +960,7 @@ void ReadAdapterInfo8188EU(struct adapter *Adapter) Hal_ReadThermalMeter_88E(Adapter, efuse_buf, eeprom->bautoload_fail_flag); ledpriv->bRegUseLed = true; + kfree(efuse_buf); } static void ResumeTxBeacon(struct adapter *adapt) -- 2.30.2