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V4L/DVB: pvrusb2: Avoid using stack allocated buffers when performing USB I/O

Drivers shouldn't assume that the stack is DMA-safe.

[mchehab@redhat.com: fix patch description]
Signed-off-by: Mike Isely <isely@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Mike Isely 15 years ago
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1 changed files with 11 additions and 1 deletions
  1. 11 1
      drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c

+ 11 - 1
drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c

@@ -4084,12 +4084,20 @@ void pvr2_hdw_device_reset(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw)
 
 void pvr2_hdw_cpureset_assert(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw,int val)
 {
-	char da[1];
+	char *da;
 	unsigned int pipe;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!hdw->usb_dev) return;
 
+	da = kmalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (da == NULL) {
+		pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_ERROR_LEGS,
+			   "Unable to allocate memory to control CPU reset");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INIT,"cpureset_assert(%d)",val);
 
 	da[0] = val ? 0x01 : 0x00;
@@ -4103,6 +4111,8 @@ void pvr2_hdw_cpureset_assert(struct pvr2_hdw *hdw,int val)
 			   "cpureset_assert(%d) error=%d",val,ret);
 		pvr2_hdw_render_useless(hdw);
 	}
+
+	kfree(da);
 }