linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] [media] ce6230: get rid of on-stack dma buffer

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Date:	Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:50:49 +0100
From:	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
To:	mchehab@...radead.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	crope@....fi, tvboxspy@...il.com,
	Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] [media] ce6230: get rid of on-stack dma buffer

usb_control_msg initiates (and waits for completion of) a dma transfer using
the supplied buffer. That buffer thus has to be seperately allocated on
the heap.

In lib/dma_debug.c the function check_for_stack even warns about it:
	WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:866 check_for_stack

Signed-off-by: Florian Mickler <florian@...kler.org>
Acked-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>
Reviewed-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>
Tested-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>
---
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/ce6230.c |   11 +++++++++--
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/ce6230.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/ce6230.c
index 3df2045..6d1a304 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/ce6230.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/ce6230.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int ce6230_rw_udev(struct usb_device *udev, struct req_t *req)
 	u8 requesttype;
 	u16 value;
 	u16 index;
-	u8 buf[req->data_len];
+	u8 *buf;
 
 	request = req->cmd;
 	value = req->value;
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ static int ce6230_rw_udev(struct usb_device *udev, struct req_t *req)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	buf = kmalloc(req->data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	if (requesttype == (USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_OUT)) {
 		/* write */
 		memcpy(buf, req->data, req->data_len);
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ static int ce6230_rw_udev(struct usb_device *udev, struct req_t *req)
 	msleep(1); /* avoid I2C errors */
 
 	ret = usb_control_msg(udev, pipe, request, requesttype, value, index,
-				buf, sizeof(buf), CE6230_USB_TIMEOUT);
+				buf, req->data_len, CE6230_USB_TIMEOUT);
 
 	ce6230_debug_dump(request, requesttype, value, index, buf,
 		req->data_len, deb_xfer);
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ static int ce6230_rw_udev(struct usb_device *udev, struct req_t *req)
 	if (!ret && requesttype == (USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_IN))
 		memcpy(req->data, buf, req->data_len);
 
+	kfree(buf);
 error:
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.7.4.1

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