Hi Ezequiel,
On 04/17/2014 02:28 PM, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> Currently stk1160_read_reg() uses a stack-allocated char to get the
> read control value. This is wrong because usb_control_msg() requires
> a kmalloc-ed buffer.
>
> This commit fixes such issue by kmalloc'ating a 1-byte buffer to receive
> the read value.
>
> While here, let's remove the urb_buf array which was meant for a similar
> purpose, but never really used.
Rather than allocating and freeing a buffer for every read_reg I would allocate
this buffer in the probe function.
That way this allocation is done only once.
Regards,
Hans
>
> Cc: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
> Reported-by: Sander Eikelenboom <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-core.c | 10 +++++++++-
> drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160.h | 1 -
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-core.c
> b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-core.c
> index 34a26e0..03504dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-core.c
> @@ -67,17 +67,25 @@ int stk1160_read_reg(struct stk1160 *dev, u16 reg, u8
> *value)
> {
> int ret;
> int pipe = usb_rcvctrlpipe(dev->udev, 0);
> + u8 *buf;
>
> *value = 0;
> +
> + buf = kmalloc(sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!buf)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> ret = usb_control_msg(dev->udev, pipe, 0x00,
> USB_DIR_IN | USB_TYPE_VENDOR | USB_RECIP_DEVICE,
> - 0x00, reg, value, sizeof(u8), HZ);
> + 0x00, reg, buf, sizeof(u8), HZ);
> if (ret < 0) {
> stk1160_err("read failed on reg 0x%x (%d)\n",
> reg, ret);
> + kfree(buf);
> return ret;
> }
>
> + *value = *buf;
> + kfree(buf);
> return 0;
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160.h
> b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160.h
> index 05b05b1..abdea48 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160.h
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160.h
> @@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ struct stk1160 {
> int num_alt;
>
> struct stk1160_isoc_ctl isoc_ctl;
> - char urb_buf[255]; /* urb control msg buffer */
>
> /* frame properties */
> int width; /* current frame width */
>
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