This patch replaces kmalloc followed by memcpy with kmemdup. Signed-off-by: Chaehyun Lim <chaehyun.lim@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c index 4d50b38..65d2393 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/host_interface.c @@ -429,13 +429,11 @@ static s32 handle_set_mac_address(struct wilc_vif *vif, { s32 result = 0; struct wid wid; - u8 *mac_buf = kmalloc(ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL); + u8 *mac_buf = kmemdup(set_mac_addr->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN, GFP_KERNEL); if (!mac_buf) return -ENOMEM; - memcpy(mac_buf, set_mac_addr->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN); - wid.id = (u16)WID_MAC_ADDR; wid.type = WID_STR; wid.val = mac_buf; -- 2.7.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel