Embedding a buffer within a struct and using it with usb_submit_urb() violates DMA coherency rules. Separate allocation of the buffer fixes it.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Regards Oliver ---- --- a/drivers/media/radio/dsbr100.c 2007-11-23 23:20:07.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/media/radio/dsbr100.c 2007-11-23 23:30:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ History: + Version 0.43: + Oliver Neukum: avoided DMA coherency issue + Version 0.42: Converted dsbr100 to use video_ioctl2 by Douglas Landgraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ module_param(radio_nr, int, 0); struct dsbr100_device { struct usb_device *usbdev; struct video_device *videodev; - unsigned char transfer_buffer[TB_LEN]; + u8 *transfer_buffer; int curfreq; int stereo; int users; @@ -237,10 +240,7 @@ static void dsbr100_getstat(struct dsbr1 /* handle unplugging of the device, release data structures if nothing keeps us from doing it. If something is still keeping us busy, the release callback of v4l will take care -of releasing it. stv680.c does not relase its private -data, so I don't do this here either. Checking out the -code I'd expect I better did that, but if there's a memory -leak here it's tiny (~50 bytes per disconnect) */ +of releasing it. */ static void usb_dsbr100_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf) { struct dsbr100_device *radio = usb_get_intfdata(intf); @@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static void usb_dsbr100_disconnect(struc video_unregister_device(radio->videodev); radio->videodev = NULL; if (radio->users) { + kfree(radio->transfer_buffer); kfree(radio); } else { radio->removed = 1; @@ -425,6 +426,7 @@ static int usb_dsbr100_close(struct inod return -ENODEV; radio->users = 0; if (radio->removed) { + kfree(radio->transfer_buffer); kfree(radio); } return 0; @@ -471,7 +473,12 @@ static int usb_dsbr100_probe(struct usb_ if (!(radio = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dsbr100_device), GFP_KERNEL))) return -ENOMEM; + if (!(radio->transfer_buffer = kmalloc(TB_LEN, GFP_KERNEL))) { + kfree(radio); + return -ENOMEM; + } if (!(radio->videodev = video_device_alloc())) { + kfree(radio->transfer_buffer); kfree(radio); return -ENOMEM; } @@ -485,6 +492,7 @@ static int usb_dsbr100_probe(struct usb_ if (video_register_device(radio->videodev, VFL_TYPE_RADIO,radio_nr)) { warn("Could not register video device"); video_device_release(radio->videodev); + kfree(radio->transfer_buffer); kfree(radio); return -EIO; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html