This patch replaces kmalloc followed by memcpy with kmemdup. Signed-off-by: Chaehyun Lim <chaehyun.lim@xxxxxxxxx> --- V2: add wilc1000 driver name in commit title because driver name is not included at V1. drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c index 3c5de75..6b804e6 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c @@ -4537,12 +4537,12 @@ int host_int_add_station(struct host_if_drv *hif_drv, memcpy(add_sta_info, sta_param, sizeof(struct add_sta_param)); if (add_sta_info->u8NumRates > 0) { - u8 *rates = kmalloc(add_sta_info->u8NumRates, GFP_KERNEL); - + u8 *rates = kmemdup(sta_param->pu8Rates, + add_sta_info->u8NumRates, + GFP_KERNEL); if (!rates) return -ENOMEM; - memcpy(rates, sta_param->pu8Rates, add_sta_info->u8NumRates); add_sta_info->pu8Rates = rates; } -- 2.6.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel