linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 138/199] catc: Use heap buffer for memory size test

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Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:46:10 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 138/199] catc: Use heap buffer for memory size test

3.2.87-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>

commit 2d6a0e9de03ee658a9adc3bfb2f0ca55dff1e478 upstream.

Allocating USB buffers on the stack is not portable, and no longer
works on x86_64 (with VMAP_STACK enabled as per default).

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/usb/catc.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/catc.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ static int catc_probe(struct usb_interfa
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	struct catc *catc;
 	u8 broadcast[6];
-	int i, pktsz, ret;
+	int pktsz, ret;
 
 	if (usb_set_interface(usbdev,
 			intf->altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber, 1)) {
@@ -829,15 +829,24 @@ static int catc_probe(struct usb_interfa
                 catc->irq_buf, 2, catc_irq_done, catc, 1);
 
 	if (!catc->is_f5u011) {
+		u32 *buf;
+		int i;
+
 		dbg("Checking memory size\n");
 
-		i = 0x12345678;
-		catc_write_mem(catc, 0x7a80, &i, 4);
-		i = 0x87654321;	
-		catc_write_mem(catc, 0xfa80, &i, 4);
-		catc_read_mem(catc, 0x7a80, &i, 4);
+		buf = kmalloc(4, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buf) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto fail_free;
+		}
+
+		*buf = 0x12345678;
+		catc_write_mem(catc, 0x7a80, buf, 4);
+		*buf = 0x87654321;
+		catc_write_mem(catc, 0xfa80, buf, 4);
+		catc_read_mem(catc, 0x7a80, buf, 4);
 	  
-		switch (i) {
+		switch (*buf) {
 		case 0x12345678:
 			catc_set_reg(catc, TxBufCount, 8);
 			catc_set_reg(catc, RxBufCount, 32);
@@ -852,6 +861,8 @@ static int catc_probe(struct usb_interfa
 			dbg("32k Memory\n");
 			break;
 		}
+
+		kfree(buf);
 	  
 		dbg("Getting MAC from SEEROM.");