Re: [PATCH v2] iio: proximity: srf08: use stack allocated scan buffer

From: Nuno Sá
Date: Tue Jul 22 2025 - 05:10:37 EST


On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 05:21:08PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> Use a stack allocated scan struct in srf08_trigger_handler(). Since the
> scan buffer isn't used outside of this function and doesn't need to be
> DMA-safe, it doesn't need to be in struct srf08_data. We can also
> eliminate an extra local variable for the return value of
> srf08_read_ranging() by using scan.chan directly.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andreas Klinger <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Zero-init the scan struct to avoid leaking uninitialized stack to userspace.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250711-iio-use-more-iio_declare_buffer_with_ts-6-v1-1-25c70b990d6c@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---

Reviewed-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>

> drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c | 18 +++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c
> index 6e32fdfd161b93a5624f757d5b7de579415b1055..d7e4cc48cfbf700c7828235de99a66324767316a 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c
> +++ b/drivers/iio/proximity/srf08.c
> @@ -63,12 +63,6 @@ struct srf08_data {
> int range_mm;
> struct mutex lock;
>
> - /* Ensure timestamp is naturally aligned */
> - struct {
> - s16 chan;
> - aligned_s64 timestamp;
> - } scan;
> -
> /* Sensor-Type */
> enum srf08_sensor_type sensor_type;
>
> @@ -182,16 +176,18 @@ static irqreturn_t srf08_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
> struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
> struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
> struct srf08_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
> - s16 sensor_data;
> + struct {
> + s16 chan;
> + aligned_s64 timestamp;
> + } scan = { };
>
> - sensor_data = srf08_read_ranging(data);
> - if (sensor_data < 0)
> + scan.chan = srf08_read_ranging(data);
> + if (scan.chan < 0)
> goto err;
>
> mutex_lock(&data->lock);
>
> - data->scan.chan = sensor_data;
> - iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts(indio_dev, &data->scan, sizeof(data->scan),
> + iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts(indio_dev, &scan, sizeof(scan),
> pf->timestamp);
>
> mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
>
> ---
> base-commit: cd2731444ee4e35db76f4fb587f12d327eec5446
> change-id: 20250711-iio-use-more-iio_declare_buffer_with_ts-6-6ffc8e99552d
>
> Best regards,
> --
> David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>