Zou, > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c > index ffe41bc..1ce1620 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c > @@ -513,17 +513,9 @@ 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; > - goto cleanup; > - } > + user_srbcmd = memdup_user(user_srb, fibsize); > + if (IS_ERR(user_srbcmd)) > + return PTR_ERR(user_srbcmd); > > flags = user_srbcmd->flags; /* from user in cpu order */ > switch (flags & (SRB_DataIn | SRB_DataOut)) { This is not equivalent, is it? The original code does a goto cleanup; whereas your patch returns on error. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering