On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Adam Cozzette <acozzette@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> drivers/usb/storage/realtek_cr.c:419:40: warning: ‘buf[0]’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]
>
> It think they are harmless but I didn't see an obvious way to get rid of them,
> so if you have any suggestions I would be glad to hear them.
>
> This patch changed rts51x_read_mem, rts51x_write_mem, and rts51x_read_status to
> allocate temporary buffers with kmalloc. This way stack addresses are not used
> for DMA when these functions call rts51x_bulk_transport.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Cozzette <acozzette@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> realtek_cr.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[...]
> @@ -342,6 +351,12 @@ static int rts51x_write_mem(struct us_data *us, u16 addr, u8 *data, u16 len)
> {
> int retval;
> u8 cmnd[12] = { 0 };
> + u8 *buf;
> +
> + buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOIO);
> + if (buf == NULL)
> + return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR;
> + memcpy(buf, data, len);
Your can simplify this with kmemdup().
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