>> @@ -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; >> } >> >> -- > > Hi Markus, > > Patch 2/7 should precede Patch 1/7, as falling into kfree() would not look pretty. Do you eventually prefer that this source code adjustment should be combined with the update suggestion "[2/7] aacraid: One function call less in aac_send_raw_srb() after error detection" in a single update step? Regards, Markus -- 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