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-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
index 7b14d1847927..115a0ebebf4a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
@@ -235,13 +235,17 @@ static int usb_pcwd_send_command(struct usb_pcwd_private *usb_pcwd,
unsigned char cmd, unsigned char *msb, unsigned char *lsb)
{
int got_response, count;
- unsigned char buf[6];
+ unsigned char *buf;
/* We will not send any commands if the USB PCWD device does
* not exist */
if ((!usb_pcwd) || (!usb_pcwd->exists))
return -1;
+ buf = kmalloc(6, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (buf == NULL)
+ return 0;
+
/* The USB PC Watchdog uses a 6 byte report format.
* The board currently uses only 3 of the six bytes of the report. */
buf[0] = cmd; /* Byte 0 = CMD */
@@ -277,6 +281,8 @@ static int usb_pcwd_send_command(struct usb_pcwd_private *usb_pcwd,
*lsb = usb_pcwd->cmd_data_lsb;
}
+ kfree(buf);
+
return got_response;
}