Re: Sound Blaster USB X-Fi configuration problem

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On Sat, 20 Jul 2013, Clemens Ladisch wrote:

> Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2013, Mariusz Grecki wrote:
> >> + 	u16 buf = 1;
> >> +
> >> + 	snd_usb_ctl_msg(dev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(dev, 0), 0x2a,
> >> + 			USB_DIR_IN | USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_OTHER,
> >> + 			0, 0, &buf, 2);
> >
> > There's a serious problem here.  It's present in most or all of the
> > quirk routines in this file, not just yours.
> >
> > Namely, buffers used for USB transfers must not be allocated on the
> > stack; they must be allocated using kmalloc or a related function.
> 
> This is what snd_usb_ctl_msg() does.

Argh!  I misread the code -- didn't see the snd_ prefix.  :-(

Never mind.

Alan Stern

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