The semantic patch that makes this change is available in scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci. Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c b/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c --- a/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c 2011-11-07 19:37:51.143333699 +0100 +++ b/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c 2011-11-08 10:47:00.679677247 +0100 @@ -113,10 +113,9 @@ static int _send_control_msg(struct pwc_ void *kbuf = NULL; if (buflen) { - kbuf = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_KERNEL); /* not allowed on stack */ + kbuf = kmemdup(buf, buflen, GFP_KERNEL); /* not allowed on stack */ if (kbuf == NULL) return -ENOMEM; - memcpy(kbuf, buf, buflen); } rc = usb_control_msg(pdev->udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(pdev->udev, 0), -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html