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/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c 2011-11-07 19:37:36.613113011 +0100 +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ds.c 2011-11-08 11:00:49.874125928 +0100 @@ -1181,13 +1181,11 @@ static int __devinit ds_probe(struct vio dp->rcv_buf_len = 4096; - dp->ds_states = kzalloc(sizeof(ds_states_template), - GFP_KERNEL); + dp->ds_states = kmemdup(ds_states_template, + sizeof(ds_states_template), GFP_KERNEL); if (!dp->ds_states) goto out_free_rcv_buf; - memcpy(dp->ds_states, ds_states_template, - sizeof(ds_states_template)); dp->num_ds_states = ARRAY_SIZE(ds_states_template); for (i = 0; i < dp->num_ds_states; i++) diff -u -p a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c --- a/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c 2011-11-07 19:39:05.191125118 +0100 +++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/prom_common.c 2011-11-08 11:00:52.007487860 +0100 @@ -58,12 +58,10 @@ int of_set_property(struct device_node * void *new_val; int err; - new_val = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); + new_val = kmemdup(val, len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!new_val) return -ENOMEM; - memcpy(new_val, val, len); - err = -ENODEV; mutex_lock(&of_set_property_mutex); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
