Re: [PATCH v2 28/31] cpia2_usb: don't use stack for DMA

[Kosuke Tatsukawa]

Hi,

> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c b/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c
> index 13620cdf0599..417d683b237d 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c
> @@ -545,10 +545,19 @@ static void free_sbufs(struct camera_data *cam)
>  static int write_packet(struct usb_device *udev,
>  			u8 request, u8 * registers, u16 start, size_t size)
>  {
> +	unsigned char *buf;
> +	int ret;
> +
>  	if (!registers || size <= 0)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> -	return usb_control_msg(udev,
> +	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	memcpy(buf, registers, size);
> +
> +	ret = usb_control_msg(udev,
>  			       usb_sndctrlpipe(udev, 0),
>  			       request,
>  			       USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
> @@ -557,6 +566,9 @@ static int write_packet(struct usb_device *udev,
>  			       registers,	/* buffer */
                               =========

I think you also want to change the argument to usb_control_msg() from
"registers" to "buf" in write_packet().


>  			       size,
>  			       HZ);
> +
> +	kfree(buf);
> +	return ret;
>  }
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