From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 20:05:24 +0200 Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping duplicate source code. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c index 5648b71..1af3084 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c @@ -526,15 +526,9 @@ static int aac_send_raw_srb(struct aac_dev* dev, void __user * arg) goto cleanup; } - user_srbcmd = kmalloc(fibsize, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!user_srbcmd) { - dprintk((KERN_DEBUG"aacraid: Could not make a copy of the srb\n")); - rcode = -ENOMEM; - goto cleanup; - } - if(copy_from_user(user_srbcmd, user_srb,fibsize)){ - dprintk((KERN_DEBUG"aacraid: Could not copy srb from user\n")); - rcode = -EFAULT; + user_srbcmd = memdup_user(user_srb, fibsize); + if (IS_ERR(user_srbcmd)) { + rcode = PTR_ERR(user_srbcmd); goto cleanup; } -- 2.9.3 -- 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