kstrdup kernel primitive can be used to replace kmalloc followed by string copy. This was reported by coccinelle tool Signed-off-by: Hari Prasath <gehariprasath@xxxxxxxxx> --- .../media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c | 10 +++------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c index 34cc56f..68db87b 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp2/css2400/sh_css_firmware.c @@ -144,14 +144,10 @@ sh_css_load_blob_info(const char *fw, const struct ia_css_fw_info *bi, struct ia ) { char *namebuffer; - int namelength = (int)strlen(name); - - namebuffer = (char *) kmalloc(namelength + 1, GFP_KERNEL); - if (namebuffer == NULL) - return IA_CSS_ERR_CANNOT_ALLOCATE_MEMORY; - - memcpy(namebuffer, name, namelength + 1); + namebuffer = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!namebuffer) + return -ENOMEM; bd->name = fw_minibuffer[index].name = namebuffer; } else { bd->name = name; -- 2.10.0.GIT