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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/librtlsdr.c b/src/librtlsdr.c
index 433ed5b..89ec903 100644
--- a/src/librtlsdr.c
+++ b/src/librtlsdr.c
@@ -1755,11 +1755,26 @@ static int _rtlsdr_alloc_async_buffers(rtlsdr_dev_t *dev)
for (i = 0; i < dev->xfer_buf_num; ++i) {
dev->xfer_buf[i] = libusb_dev_mem_alloc(dev->devh, dev->xfer_buf_len);
- if (!dev->xfer_buf[i]) {
+ if (dev->xfer_buf[i]) {
+ /* Check if Kernel usbfs mmap() bug is present: if the
+ * mapping is correct, the buffers point to memory that
+ * was memset to 0 by the Kernel, otherwise, they point
+ * to random memory. We check if the buffers are zeroed
+ * and otherwise fall back to buffers in userspace.
+ */
+ if (dev->xfer_buf[i][0] || memcmp(dev->xfer_buf[i],
+ dev->xfer_buf[i] + 1,
+ dev->xfer_buf_len - 1)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Detected Kernel usbfs mmap() "
+ "bug, falling back to buffers "
+ "in userspace\n");
+ dev->use_zerocopy = 0;
+ break;
+ }
+ } else {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to allocate zero-copy "
"buffer for transfer %d\nFalling "
"back to buffers in userspace\n", i);
-
dev->use_zerocopy = 0;
break;
}