The semantic patch that makes this change is available in scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci. Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c --- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c 2011-11-07 19:37:22.046225104 +0100 +++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/irq.c 2011-11-08 11:01:33.601378758 +0100 @@ -150,12 +150,11 @@ struct sn_irq_info *sn_retarget_vector(s * PROM does not support SAL_INTR_REDIRECT, or it failed. * Revert to old method. */ - new_irq_info = kmalloc(sizeof(struct sn_irq_info), GFP_ATOMIC); + new_irq_info = kmemdup(sn_irq_info, sizeof(struct sn_irq_info), + GFP_ATOMIC); if (new_irq_info == NULL) return NULL; - memcpy(new_irq_info, sn_irq_info, sizeof(struct sn_irq_info)); - /* Free the old PROM new_irq_info structure */ sn_intr_free(local_nasid, local_widget, new_irq_info); unregister_intr_pda(new_irq_info); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html