[PATCH 2/2] [media] dvb-usb-firmware: don't do DMA on stack

From: Stefan BrÃns
Date: Sun Feb 05 2017 - 10:08:08 EST


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 BrÃns <stefan.bruens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c
index dd048a7c461c..189b6725edd0 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;
+ u8 *buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hexline), GFP_KERNEL);
+ struct hexline *hx = (struct hexline *)buf;
+ int ret, pos = 0;
+ u16 cpu_cs_register = cypress[type].cpu_cs_register;

/* stop the CPU */
- reset = 1;
- if ((ret = usb_cypress_writemem(udev,cypress[type].cpu_cs_register,&reset,1)) != 1)
+ buf[0] = 1;
+ if (usb_cypress_writemem(udev, cpu_cs_register, buf, 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);
+ err("firmware download failed at %d with %d", pos, ret);
+ kfree(buf);
return ret;
}

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

return ret;
}
--
2.11.0