Re: [PATCH] iio: ad_sigma_delta: Don't put SPI transfer buffer on the stack

[Alexandru Ardelean]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:55 AM Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 11/12/20 10:10 AM, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> > From: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Use a heap allocated memory for the SPI transfer buffer. Using stack memory
> > can corrupt stack memory when using DMA on some systems.
> >
> > This change adds 4 bytes at the end of the current DMA buffer, which will
> > be used by the trigger handler.
> > This is required because the first 4 bytes are reserved for register data.
> >
> > Fixes: af3008485ea03 ("iio:adc: Add common code for ADI Sigma Delta devices")
> > Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c       | 4 ++--
> >   include/linux/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.h | 2 +-
> >   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
> > index 86039e9ecaca..33297f26508a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
> > @@ -395,11 +395,11 @@ static irqreturn_t ad_sd_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
> >       struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
> >       struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
> >       struct ad_sigma_delta *sigma_delta = iio_device_get_drvdata(indio_dev);
> > +     uint8_t *data = &sigma_delta->data[4];
> >       unsigned int reg_size;
> >       unsigned int data_reg;
> > -     uint8_t data[16];
> >
> > -     memset(data, 0x00, 16);
> > +     memset(data, 0x00, 4);
>
> Younger me didn't know what he was doing, this is wrong. We need the
> extra space for the padding and timestamp.
>
> We also can't put the beginning of the buffer at an 4 byte offset since
> it needs to be 8 byte aligned for the timestamp.

I'll correct this.
I was re-spinning this out of some old patches and discussions on this
that I have.
So, then this becomes 24 bytes? Or 16?

Something like:
uint8_t                         data[24] ____cacheline_aligned;

uint8_t *data = &sigma_delta->data[8];


>
> >
> >       reg_size = indio_dev->channels[0].scan_type.realbits +
> >                       indio_dev->channels[0].scan_type.shift;
> > diff --git a/include/linux/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.h b/include/linux/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.h
> > index a3a838dcf8e4..ac4ac4752c62 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.h
> > @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct ad_sigma_delta {
> >        * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) requires the
> >        * transfer buffers to live in their own cache lines.
> >        */
> > -     uint8_t                         data[4] ____cacheline_aligned;
> > +     uint8_t                         data[8] ____cacheline_aligned;
> >   };
> >
> >   static inline int ad_sigma_delta_set_channel(struct ad_sigma_delta *sd,
>
>