Re: [PATCH v2] usb: core: Warn if an URB's transfer_buffer is on stack

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Florian Fainelli wrote:
> We see a large number of fixes to several drivers to remove the usage of
> on-stack buffers feeding into USB transfer functions. Make it easier to spot
> the offenders by adding a warning in usb_hcd_map_urb_for_dma() checking that
> urb->transfer_buffer is not a stack object.

This description is incomplete.

> +			} else if (object_is_on_stack(urb->transfer_buffer)) {
> +				WARN_ONCE(1, "transfer buffer is on stack\n");
> +				ret = -EAGAIN;
>  			} else {
>  				urb->transfer_dma = dma_map_single(

Not only is there a warning, but the check also forces all those URBs
to abort with an error.

Well, that makes it even easier to spot the offenders ...


Regards,
Clemens
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