RE: [PATCH] usb/musb: debugfs, fix copy_from_user argument

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From: Markus Pargmann
> The first arugment has to be a pointer to the memory. buf is a char
> array and already a pointer itself. The current code passes a pointer to
> a char array to copy_from_user() which is not correct.

It doesn't matter, while the type of the argument is subtly different the
value passed is the same.

	David

> Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c
> index ad3701a97389..bb13e0420140 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c
> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static ssize_t musb_test_mode_write(struct file *file,
> 
>  	memset(buf, 0x00, sizeof(buf));
> 
> -	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, min_t(size_t, sizeof(buf) - 1, count)))
> +	if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, min_t(size_t, sizeof(buf) - 1, count)))
>  		return -EFAULT;
> 
>  	if (!strncmp(buf, "force host", 9))
> --
> 2.1.4
> 
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