kstrdup kernel primitive can be used to replace kmalloc followed by
string copy. This was reported by coccinelle tool
Signed-off-by: Hari Prasath <gehariprasath@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c | 10 +++-------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 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..68db87b 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
@@ -144,14 +144,10 @@ 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);
- if (namebuffer == NULL)
- return IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY;
-
- memcpy(namebuffer, name, namelength + 1);
+ namebuffer = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!namebuffer)
+ return -ENOMEM;
bd->name = fw_minibuffer[index].name = namebuffer;
} else {
bd->name = name;
--
2.10.0.GIT
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