From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> Seeing "+ 4" littered throughout the functions gets a bit confusing. Use "sizeof(attributes)" which clearly explains what quantity we're adding. Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c index 3c31215..a6cec2f 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c @@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) return 0; - data = kmalloc(datasize + 4, GFP_KERNEL); + data = kmalloc(datasize + sizeof(attributes), GFP_KERNEL); if (!data) return 0; @@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName, &var->var.VendorGuid, &attributes, &datasize, - (data + 4)); + (data + sizeof(attributes))); spin_unlock(&efivars->lock); if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) { @@ -818,9 +818,9 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf, goto out_free; } - memcpy(data, &attributes, 4); + memcpy(data, &attributes, sizeof(attributes)); size = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos, - data, datasize + 4); + data, datasize + sizeof(attributes)); out_free: kfree(data); -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html