Revert "ALSA: usb-audio: purge needless variable length array"

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: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.11+
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

1 files 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;