[PATCH] ALSA: control_led - fix the stack usage (control element ops)
Jaroslav Kysela
perex at perex.cz
Wed Apr 14 12:58:58 CEST 2021
It's a bad idea to allocate big structures on the stack.
Mark the variables as static and add a note for the locking.
Fixes: 22d8de62f11b ("ALSA: control - add generic LED trigger module as the new control layer")
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan at kernel.org>
Cc: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi at sakamocchi.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
---
sound/core/control_led.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sound/core/control_led.c b/sound/core/control_led.c
index 93b201063c7d..25f57c14f294 100644
--- a/sound/core/control_led.c
+++ b/sound/core/control_led.c
@@ -94,11 +94,15 @@ static struct snd_ctl_led *snd_ctl_led_get_by_access(unsigned int access)
return &snd_ctl_leds[group];
}
+/*
+ * A note for callers:
+ * The two static variables info and value are protected using snd_ctl_led_mutex.
+ */
static int snd_ctl_led_get(struct snd_ctl_led_ctl *lctl)
{
+ static struct snd_ctl_elem_info info;
+ static struct snd_ctl_elem_value value;
struct snd_kcontrol *kctl = lctl->kctl;
- struct snd_ctl_elem_info info;
- struct snd_ctl_elem_value value;
unsigned int i;
int result;
--
2.30.2
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