Eliminate the follow coccicheck warning: ./kernel/bpf/btf.c:6537:13-20: WARNING opportunity for kmemdup. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/bpf/btf.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c index 10e7a65..94f0342 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c @@ -6534,12 +6534,11 @@ static struct bpf_cand_cache *populate_cand_cache(struct bpf_cand_cache *cands, bpf_free_cands_from_cache(*cc); *cc = NULL; } - new_cands = kmalloc(sizeof_cands(cands->cnt), GFP_KERNEL); + new_cands = kmemdup(cands, sizeof_cands(cands->cnt), GFP_KERNEL); if (!new_cands) { bpf_free_cands(cands); return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); } - memcpy(new_cands, cands, sizeof_cands(cands->cnt)); /* strdup the name, since it will stay in cache. * the cands->name points to strings in prog's BTF and the prog can be unloaded. */ -- 1.8.3.1