Re: [PATCH] usb gadget audio driver seg-fault fix

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On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:02:23PM -0700, Robin Callender wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Greg KH" <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Robin Callender" <robin_callender@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "linux-usb" <linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb gadget audio driver seg-fault fix
> 
> 
> > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 06:05:24PM -0700, Robin Callender wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> The included patch can be applied to the new usb gadget audio driver
> >> introduced in patch-2.6.31-rc4.
> >> It addresses a seg-fault in uncovered in g_audio.ko.
> >> The fault occurs in the function u_audio.c::gaudio_open_end_dev() when
> >> device /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c (FILE_PCM_CAPTURE) is not present.
> >>
> >> I suspect there may be similar problems with device /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
> >> (FILE_PCM_PLAYBACK) handling also.
> >> I leave that for the developer(s), as I was unsure as to the side-effects 
> >> of
> >> not calling playback_default_hw_params() in the initialization phase.
> >>
> >>  - Robin Callender -
> >>
> >> ======================================================
> >>
> >> diff -r linux-2.6.30.4.orig/drivers/usb/gadget/u_audio.c
> >> linux-2.6.30.4/drivers/usb/gadget/u_audio.c
> >> 256c256,261
> >> <   snd->filp = NULL;
> >
> > Hm, can you redo this patch based on the info in the file,
> > Documentation/SubmittingPatches which shows the needed options to diff
> > (-u is the key), as well as the need for a Signed-off-by: line in the
> > body of the email so that it can be applied?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
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> 
> Here is a re-do of the patch and sign-off-by tag.
> 
> One additional piece of info; the system I found problem on was a server (HP 
> ML330-G3 with ubuntu 9.04).
> This machine does not have a sound card, either built-in or add-on.
> Rather I use a set of USB speakers for the playback device and a USB 
> microphone for the capture device.
> At the time of the seg-fault, the USB Microphone was not plugged in.
> This explains why the device /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c (FILE_PCM_CAPTURE) is not 
> present.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robin Callender robin_callener@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> diff -uprN linux-2.6.30.4.orig/drivers/usb/gadget/u_audio.c 
> linux-2.6.30.4/drivers/usb/gadget/u_audio.c
> --- linux-2.6.30.4.orig/drivers/usb/gadget/u_audio.c 2009-07-31 
> 13:37:12.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.30.4/drivers/usb/gadget/u_audio.c 2009-07-31 
> 13:29:59.000000000 -0700
> @@ -253,11 +253,13 @@ static int gaudio_open_snd_dev(struct ga
>   snd->filp = filp_open(fn_cap, O_RDONLY, 0);
>   if (IS_ERR(snd->filp)) {
>    ERROR(card, "No such PCM capture device: %s\n", fn_cap);
> -  snd->filp = NULL;
> +  snd->substream = NULL;
> +  snd->card = NULL;
> + } else {
> +  pcm_file = snd->filp->private_data;
> +  snd->substream = pcm_file->substream;
> +  snd->card = card;
>   }
> - pcm_file = snd->filp->private_data;
> - snd->substream = pcm_file->substream;
> - snd->card = card;

The format is much better, thanks, but your email client wrapped the
lines, and ate all of the leading tabs, which still makes it impossible
to apply :(

Care to read the file, Documentation/email_clients.txt to give you some
hints on how to fix this?

thanks,

greg k-h
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