Re: [PATCH 12/14] USB: oti6858: fix DMA buffer on stack

From: Andres Salomon
Date: Mon Dec 28 2009 - 17:52:31 EST


On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:46:19 -0500
Andres Salomon <dilinger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:01:56 +0100
> Johan Hovold <jhovold@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [...]
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
> > b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c index c644e26..2ae97e7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/oti6858.c
> > @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void send_data(struct work_struct *work)
> > struct usb_serial_port *port = priv->port;
> > int count = 0, result;
> > unsigned long flags;
> > - unsigned char allow;
> > + u8 *allow;
> >
> > dbg("%s(port = %d)", __func__, port->number);
> >
>
> Erm, am I missing something here? You're removing a 1 byte
> stack variable and replacing it with a 4 byte (pointer) stack
> variable? What's the point of that, exactly?
>

Ok, ignore that, I just figured it out (the usb_control_msg bit). :)


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