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/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c 2011-11-07 19:37:51.796676955 +0100 +++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c 2011-11-08 10:40:23.121014643 +0100 @@ -6003,13 +6003,12 @@ mpt_findImVolumes(MPT_ADAPTER *ioc) if (mpt_config(ioc, &cfg) != 0) goto out; - mem = kmalloc(iocpage2sz, GFP_KERNEL); + mem = kmemdup((u8 *)pIoc2, iocpage2sz, GFP_KERNEL); if (!mem) { rc = -ENOMEM; goto out; } - memcpy(mem, (u8 *)pIoc2, iocpage2sz); ioc->raid_data.pIocPg2 = (IOCPage2_t *) mem; mpt_read_ioc_pg_3(ioc); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html