linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 30/31] stk-webcam: don't use stack for DMA

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Date:   Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:09:45 -0300
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
To:     Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Johannes Stezenbach <js@...uxtv.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Patrick Boettcher <patrick.boettcher@...teo.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Michael Krufky <mkrufky@...uxtv.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>,
        Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa-dev@...g-engineering.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 30/31] stk-webcam: don't use stack for DMA

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>

The USB control messages require DMA to work. We cannot pass
a stack-allocated buffer, as it is not warranted that the
stack would be into a DMA enabled area.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
---
 drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c b/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c
index db200c9d796d..22a9aae16291 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/stkwebcam/stk-webcam.c
@@ -147,20 +147,26 @@ int stk_camera_write_reg(struct stk_camera *dev, u16 index, u8 value)
 int stk_camera_read_reg(struct stk_camera *dev, u16 index, int *value)
 {
 	struct usb_device *udev = dev->udev;
+	unsigned char *buf;
 	int ret;
 
+	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ret = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, 0),
 			0x00,
 			USB_DIR_IN | USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
 			0x00,
 			index,
-			(u8 *) value,
+			buf,
 			sizeof(u8),
 			500);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-	else
-		return 0;
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		memcpy(value, buf, sizeof(u8));
+
+	kfree(buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int stk_start_stream(struct stk_camera *dev)
-- 
2.7.4