From: Fred Chou <fred.chou.nd@xxxxxxxxx> The temporary buffer to hold firmware data is not really needed, and memcpy can be avoided by using data pointer instead. Signed-off-by: Fred Chou <fred.chou.nd@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c | 12 ++---------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c index 10c02f5..0bc35a8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c @@ -986,30 +986,22 @@ static int ath9k_hif_usb_download_fw(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev) const void *data = hif_dev->fw_data; size_t len = hif_dev->fw_size; u32 addr = AR9271_FIRMWARE; - u8 *buf = kzalloc(4096, GFP_KERNEL); u32 firm_offset; - if (!buf) - return -ENOMEM; - while (len) { transfer = min_t(size_t, len, 4096); - memcpy(buf, data, transfer); err = usb_control_msg(hif_dev->udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(hif_dev->udev, 0), FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD, 0x40 | USB_DIR_OUT, - addr >> 8, 0, buf, transfer, HZ); - if (err < 0) { - kfree(buf); + addr >> 8, 0, data, transfer, HZ); + if (err < 0) return err; - } len -= transfer; data += transfer; addr += transfer; } - kfree(buf); if (IS_AR7010_DEVICE(hif_dev->usb_device_id->driver_info)) firm_offset = AR7010_FIRMWARE_TEXT; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html