Remove extra tmp variable in pktgen_if_write (re-use len instead). Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@xxxxxxx> --- Changes v3 -> v4 - new patch (factored out of patch 'net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_if_write()') --- net/core/pktgen.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c index 279910367ad4..91b06473c925 100644 --- a/net/core/pktgen.c +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c @@ -966,7 +966,6 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file, char name[16], valstr[32]; unsigned long value = 0; char *pg_result = NULL; - int tmp = 0; char buf[128]; pg_result = &(pkt_dev->result[0]); @@ -977,12 +976,12 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file, } max = count; - tmp = count_trail_chars(user_buffer, max); - if (tmp < 0) { + len = count_trail_chars(user_buffer, max); + if (len < 0) { pr_warn("illegal format\n"); - return tmp; + return len; } - i = tmp; + i = len; /* Read variable name */ -- 2.48.1