[ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "zd1201: do not use stack as URB transfer_buffer" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    zd1201: do not use stack as URB transfer_buffer

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.8.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From ac59332b903063859919f09ffadb645c8fde9139 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna at iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:28:42 +0300
Subject: zd1201: do not use stack as URB transfer_buffer

commit 1206ff4ff9d2ef7468a355328bc58ac6ebf5be44 upstream.

Patch fixes zd1201 not to use stack as URB transfer_buffer. URB buffers need
to be DMA-able, which stack is not.

Patch is only compile tested.

Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna at iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
index 48273dd..4312eca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c
@@ -98,10 +98,12 @@ static int zd1201_fw_upload(struct usb_device *dev, int apfw)
 		goto exit;

 	err = usb_control_msg(dev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(dev, 0), 0x4,
-	    USB_DIR_IN | 0x40, 0,0, &ret, sizeof(ret), ZD1201_FW_TIMEOUT);
+	    USB_DIR_IN | 0x40, 0, 0, buf, sizeof(ret), ZD1201_FW_TIMEOUT);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto exit;

+	memcpy(&ret, buf, sizeof(ret));
+
 	if (ret & 0x80) {
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto exit;
--
1.8.1.2