kmemdup can be used to replace kmalloc followed by a memcpy.This was pointed out by the coccinelle tool. Signed-off-by: Hari Prasath <gehariprasath@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c index 34cc56f..58d4619 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c @@ -146,12 +146,10 @@ sh_css_load_blob_info(const char *fw, const struct ia_css_fw_info *bi, struct ia char *namebuffer; int namelength = (int)strlen(name); - namebuffer = (char *) kmalloc(namelength + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + namebuffer = (char *)kmemdup(name, namelength + 1, GFP_KERNEL); if (namebuffer == NULL) return IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY; - memcpy(namebuffer, name, namelength + 1); - bd->name = fw_minibuffer[index].name = namebuffer; } else { bd->name = name; -- 2.10.0.GIT _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel