This patch replaces kmalloc followed by memcpy with kmemdup. It is also added error checking to return -ENOMEM when kmemdup is failed. Signed-off-by: Chaehyun Lim <chaehyun.lim@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c index 85aae56..8d022a0 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c @@ -3704,12 +3704,16 @@ int wilc_scan(struct wilc_vif *vif, u8 scan_source, u8 scan_type, msg.body.scan_info.arg = user_arg; msg.body.scan_info.ch_list_len = ch_list_len; - msg.body.scan_info.ch_freq_list = kmalloc(ch_list_len, GFP_KERNEL); - memcpy(msg.body.scan_info.ch_freq_list, ch_freq_list, ch_list_len); + msg.body.scan_info.ch_freq_list = kmemdup(ch_freq_list, + ch_list_len, + GFP_KERNEL); + if (!msg.body.scan_info.ch_freq_list) + return -ENOMEM; msg.body.scan_info.ies_len = ies_len; - msg.body.scan_info.ies = kmalloc(ies_len, GFP_KERNEL); - memcpy(msg.body.scan_info.ies, ies, ies_len); + msg.body.scan_info.ies = kmemdup(ies, ies_len, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!msg.body.scan_info.ies) + return -ENOMEM; result = wilc_mq_send(&hif_msg_q, &msg, sizeof(struct host_if_msg)); if (result) { -- 2.6.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel