Fixing coccicheck warning which recommends to use memdup_user instead to reimplement its code, using memdup_user simplifies the code
./drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c:1709:9-16: WARNING opportunity for memdup_user ./drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c:1752:9-16: WARNING opportunity for memdup_user Signed-off-by: Rahul Pathak <rahulpathakli...@gmail.com> --- drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c | 28 ++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c index 6f0336f..ec05360 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c @@ -1706,16 +1706,10 @@ int vt_do_diacrit(unsigned int cmd, void __user *udp, int perm) return -EINVAL; if (ct) { - dia = kmalloc(sizeof(struct kbdiacr) * ct, - GFP_KERNEL); - if (!dia) - return -ENOMEM; - - if (copy_from_user(dia, a->kbdiacr, - sizeof(struct kbdiacr) * ct)) { - kfree(dia); - return -EFAULT; - } + dia = memdup_user(a->kbdiacr, + sizeof(struct kbdiacr) * ct); + if (IS_ERR(dia)) + return PTR_ERR(dia); } spin_lock_irqsave(&kbd_event_lock, flags); @@ -1749,16 +1743,10 @@ int vt_do_diacrit(unsigned int cmd, void __user *udp, int perm) return -EINVAL; if (ct) { - buf = kmalloc(ct * sizeof(struct kbdiacruc), - GFP_KERNEL); - if (buf == NULL) - return -ENOMEM; - - if (copy_from_user(buf, a->kbdiacruc, - ct * sizeof(struct kbdiacruc))) { - kfree(buf); - return -EFAULT; - } + buf = memdup_user(a->kbdiacruc, + sizeof(struct kbdiacruc) * ct); + if (IS_ERR(buf)) + return PTR_ERR(buf); } spin_lock_irqsave(&kbd_event_lock, flags); if (ct) -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/