This issue was reported by coccicheck using the semantic patch at scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci Signed-off-by: Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@xxxxxxx> --- Tested by compilation without errors. drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c index c8549bf..8646c11 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c @@ -1346,13 +1346,11 @@ static int soc_camera_i2c_init(struct soc_camera_device *icd, return -ENODEV; } - ssdd = kzalloc(sizeof(*ssdd), GFP_KERNEL); + ssdd = kmemdup(&sdesc->subdev_desc, sizeof(*ssdd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ssdd) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto ealloc; } - - memcpy(ssdd, &sdesc->subdev_desc, sizeof(*ssdd)); /* * In synchronous case we request regulators ourselves in * soc_camera_pdrv_probe(), make sure the subdevice driver doesn't try -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html