[PATCH] dvb-usb-firmware: use DMA buffers for USB transfers

From: Stefan Seyfried
Date: Sat Feb 18 2017 - 17:19:18 EST


From: Stefan Seyfried <seife+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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: Stefan Seyfried <seife+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

This fixes at least dvb-usb-technisat-usb2 for me, but probably
the other drivers that are using dvb_usb_download_firmware()
with a Cypress chip are broken with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y right
now. Patch attached additionally, because I don't think
thunderbird will get this right :-(

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
index f0023dbb7276..2f340621a786 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
@@ -35,41 +35,45 @@ static int usb_cypress_writemem(struct usb_device *udev,u16 addr,u8 *data, u8 le

int usb_cypress_load_firmware(struct usb_device *udev, const struct firmware *fw, int type)
{
- struct hexline hx;
- u8 reset;
int ret,pos=0;
+ /* urb buffers must be malloc'ed, stack will not work with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y */
+ u8 *reset = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct hexline *hx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hexline), GFP_KERNEL);

/* stop the CPU */
- reset = 1;
- if ((ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1)) != 1)
+ *reset = 1;
+ if ((ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,reset,1)) != 1)
err("could not stop the USB controller CPU.");

- while ((ret = dvb_usb_get_hexline(fw,&hx,&pos)) > 0) {
- deb_fw("writing to address 0x%04x (buffer: 0x%02x %02x)\n",hx.addr,hx.len,hx.chk);
- ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,hx.addr,hx.data,hx.len);
+ while ((ret = dvb_usb_get_hexline(fw,hx,&pos)) > 0) {
+ deb_fw("writing to address 0x%04x (buffer: 0x%02x %02x)\n",hx->addr,hx->len,hx->chk);
+ ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,hx->addr,hx->data,hx->len);

- if (ret != hx.len) {
+ if (ret != hx->len) {
err("error while transferring firmware (transferred size: %d, block size: %d)",
- ret,hx.len);
+ ret,hx->len);
ret = -EINVAL;
break;
}
}
if (ret < 0) {
err("firmware download failed at %d with %d",pos,ret);
- return ret;
+ goto out_free;
}

if (ret == 0) {
/* restart the CPU */
- reset = 0;
- if (ret || usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1) != 1) {
+ *reset = 0;
+ if (ret || usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,reset,1) != 1) {
err("could not restart the USB controller CPU.");
ret = -EINVAL;
}
} else
ret = -EIO;

+ out_free:
+ kfree(reset);
+ kfree(hx);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_cypress_load_firmware);
--
Stefan Seyfried

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over
public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman
From f582c0f19837890254d3c0d8a23a1142eb8ea673 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Seyfried <seife+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:52:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] dvb-usb-firmware: use DMA buffers for USB transfers

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: Stefan Seyfried <seife+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
index f0023dbb7276..2f340621a786 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
@@ -35,41 +35,45 @@ static int usb_cypress_writemem(struct usb_device *udev,u16 addr,u8 *data, u8 le

int usb_cypress_load_firmware(struct usb_device *udev, const struct firmware *fw, int type)
{
- struct hexline hx;
- u8 reset;
int ret,pos=0;
+ /* urb buffers must be malloc'ed, stack will not work with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y */
+ u8 *reset = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct hexline *hx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hexline), GFP_KERNEL);

/* stop the CPU */
- reset = 1;
- if ((ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1)) != 1)
+ *reset = 1;
+ if ((ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,reset,1)) != 1)
err("could not stop the USB controller CPU.");

- while ((ret = dvb_usb_get_hexline(fw,&hx,&pos)) > 0) {
- deb_fw("writing to address 0x%04x (buffer: 0x%02x %02x)\n",hx.addr,hx.len,hx.chk);
- ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,hx.addr,hx.data,hx.len);
+ while ((ret = dvb_usb_get_hexline(fw,hx,&pos)) > 0) {
+ deb_fw("writing to address 0x%04x (buffer: 0x%02x %02x)\n",hx->addr,hx->len,hx->chk);
+ ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,hx->addr,hx->data,hx->len);

- if (ret != hx.len) {
+ if (ret != hx->len) {
err("error while transferring firmware (transferred size: %d, block size: %d)",
- ret,hx.len);
+ ret,hx->len);
ret = -EINVAL;
break;
}
}
if (ret < 0) {
err("firmware download failed at %d with %d",pos,ret);
- return ret;
+ goto out_free;
}

if (ret == 0) {
/* restart the CPU */
- reset = 0;
- if (ret || usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1) != 1) {
+ *reset = 0;
+ if (ret || usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,reset,1) != 1) {
err("could not restart the USB controller CPU.");
ret = -EINVAL;
}
} else
ret = -EIO;

+ out_free:
+ kfree(reset);
+ kfree(hx);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(usb_cypress_load_firmware);
--
2.11.0