From patchwork Tue May 30 21:19:39 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Takashi Iwai X-Patchwork-Id: 9755243 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7146602F0 for ; Tue, 30 May 2017 21:19:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A21B627EE2 for ; Tue, 30 May 2017 21:19:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 96C37283C3; Tue, 30 May 2017 21:19:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from alsa0.perex.cz (alsa0.perex.cz [77.48.224.243]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81C3027EE2 for ; Tue, 30 May 2017 21:19:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alsa0.perex.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F882668E2; Tue, 30 May 2017 23:19:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Original-To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Delivered-To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Received: by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7CD6B26696B; Tue, 30 May 2017 23:19:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mx1.suse.de (mx2.suse.de [195.135.220.15]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BAA72668BF for ; Tue, 30 May 2017 23:19:43 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (charybdis-ext.suse.de [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A691ABF2 for ; Tue, 30 May 2017 21:19:43 +0000 (UTC) From: Takashi Iwai To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 23:19:39 +0200 Message-Id: <20170530211939.3403-1-tiwai@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.13.0 Subject: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] Revert "ALSA: usb-audio: purge needless variable length array" X-BeenThere: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Alsa-devel mailing list for ALSA developers - http://www.alsa-project.org" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP This reverts commit 89b593c30e83 ("ALSA: usb-audio: purge needless variable length array"). The patch turned out to cause a severe regression, triggering an Oops at snd_usb_ctl_msg(). It was overseen that snd_usb_ctl_msg() writes back the response to the given buffer, while the patch changed it to a read-only const buffer. (One should always double-check when an extra pointer cast is present...) As a simple fix, just revert the affected commit. It was merely a cleanup. Although it brings VLA again, it's clearer as a fix. We'll address the VLA later in another patch. Fixes: 89b593c30e83 ("ALSA: usb-audio: purge needless variable length array") Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195875 Cc: # v4.11+ Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai --- sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c b/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c index dc48eedea92e..29d2c9282987 100644 --- a/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c +++ b/sound/usb/mixer_us16x08.c @@ -698,12 +698,12 @@ static int snd_us16x08_meter_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, struct snd_usb_audio *chip = elem->head.mixer->chip; struct snd_us16x08_meter_store *store = elem->private_data; u8 meter_urb[64]; - char tmp[sizeof(mix_init_msg2)] = {0}; + char tmp[max(sizeof(mix_init_msg1), sizeof(mix_init_msg2))]; switch (kcontrol->private_value) { case 0: - snd_us16x08_send_urb(chip, (char *)mix_init_msg1, - sizeof(mix_init_msg1)); + memcpy(tmp, mix_init_msg1, sizeof(mix_init_msg1)); + snd_us16x08_send_urb(chip, tmp, 4); snd_us16x08_recv_urb(chip, meter_urb, sizeof(meter_urb)); kcontrol->private_value++; @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ static int snd_us16x08_meter_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, case 3: memcpy(tmp, mix_init_msg2, sizeof(mix_init_msg2)); tmp[2] = snd_get_meter_comp_index(store); - snd_us16x08_send_urb(chip, tmp, sizeof(mix_init_msg2)); + snd_us16x08_send_urb(chip, tmp, 10); snd_us16x08_recv_urb(chip, meter_urb, sizeof(meter_urb)); kcontrol->private_value = 0;