Re: [PATCH 2/3] usb: cp210x: Added in support to get and store partnumber

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed May 02 2012 - 16:04:32 EST


On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 08:16:09PM +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On 01-05-2012 8:06, Preston Fick wrote:
>
> >This change gets the part number of the device when the driver is loaded and
> >stores it in the private portion of the port structure. This addition will
> >allow for part specific functionality to be added to the driver if needed.
>
> >Signed-off-by: Preston Fick<preston.fick@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> > drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> >diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c b/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
> >index e67ccf3..b3646b8 100644
> >--- a/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
> >+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
> [...]
> >@@ -862,6 +874,7 @@ static int cp210x_startup(struct usb_serial *serial)
> > {
> > struct cp210x_port_private *port_priv;
> > int i;
> >+ unsigned int partNum;
> >
> > /* cp210x buffers behave strangely unless device is reset */
> > usb_reset_device(serial->dev);
> >@@ -876,6 +889,17 @@ static int cp210x_startup(struct usb_serial *serial)
> > serial->interface->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber;
> >
> > usb_set_serial_port_data(serial->port[i], port_priv);
> >+
> >+ /* Get the 1-byte part number of the cp210x device */
> >+ usb_control_msg(serial->dev,
>
> This may involve DMA...
>
> >+ usb_rcvctrlpipe(serial->dev, 0),
> >+ CP210X_VENDOR_SPECIFIC,
> >+ REQTYPE_DEVICE_TO_HOST,
> >+ CP210X_GET_PARTNUM,
> >+ port_priv->bInterfaceNumber,
> >+ &partNum, 1,
>
> You can't do DMA to a buffer situated on stack. You should
> kmalloc() the buffer.

You "must" kmalloc() the buffer, otherwise the driver will break on some
systems.

Sorry, I can't accept this patch because of this. Please redo it.

greg k-h
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