This reorganization: Removes useless 'bytes' prior assignment. Uses 'memdup_user' instead 'kmalloc' + 'copy_from_user'. Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/efivarfs/file.c | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c index 8dd524f..cdb2971 100644 --- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c +++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file, u32 attributes; struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; unsigned long datasize = count - sizeof(attributes); - ssize_t bytes = 0; + ssize_t bytes; bool set = false; if (count < sizeof(attributes)) @@ -33,14 +33,9 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file, if (attributes & ~(EFI_VARIABLE_MASK)) return -EINVAL; - data = kmalloc(datasize, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!data) - return -ENOMEM; - - if (copy_from_user(data, userbuf + sizeof(attributes), datasize)) { - bytes = -EFAULT; - goto out; - } + data = memdup_user(userbuf + sizeof(attributes), datasize); + if (IS_ERR(data)) + return PTR_ERR(data); bytes = efivar_entry_set_get_size(var, attributes, &datasize, data, &set); -- 1.8.4 -- 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