linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 18/31] gp8psk: don't do DMA on stack

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2016 12:29:47 +0100
From:   Johannes Stezenbach <js@...uxtv.org>
To:     VDR User <user.vdr@...il.com>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 18/31] gp8psk: don't do DMA on stack

On Sun, Nov 06, 2016 at 11:51:14AM -0800, VDR User wrote:
> I applied this patch to the 4.8.4 kernel driver (that I'm currently
> running) and it caused nothing but "frontend 0/0 timed out while
> tuning". Is there another patch that should be used in conjunction
> with this? If not, this patch breaks the gp8psk driver.
> 
> Thanks.

Thanks for testing.  "If it's not tested it's broken"...

> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> <mchehab@...pensource.com> wrote:

> > index 5d0384dd45b5..fa215ad37f7b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c

> >  int gp8psk_usb_in_op(struct dvb_usb_device *d, u8 req, u16 value, u16 index, u8 *b, int blen)
> >  {
> > +       struct gp8psk_state *st = d->priv;
> >         int ret = 0,try = 0;
> >
> >         if ((ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&d->usb_mutex)))
> >                 return ret;
> >
> >         while (ret >= 0 && ret != blen && try < 3) {
> > +               memcpy(st->data, b, blen);
> >                 ret = usb_control_msg(d->udev,
> >                         usb_rcvctrlpipe(d->udev,0),
> >                         req,
> >                         USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_DIR_IN,
> > -                       value,index,b,blen,
> > +                       value, index, st->data, blen,
> >                         2000);

I guess for usb_in the memcpy should be after the usb_control_msg
and from st->data to b.

Johannes