[PATCH v3 7/9] devcg: split single exception copy from dev_exceptions_copy()

[aris]

This patch is in preparation for hierarchy support

Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
 security/device_cgroup.c |   18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- github.orig/security/device_cgroup.c	2013-01-29 11:49:16.076677425 -0500
+++ github/security/device_cgroup.c	2013-01-29 11:49:16.374681863 -0500
@@ -89,20 +89,30 @@ static int devcgroup_can_attach(struct c
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int dev_exception_copy(struct list_head *dest,
+			      struct dev_exception_item *ex)
+{
+	struct dev_exception_item *new;
+
+	new = kmemdup(ex, sizeof(*ex), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	list_add_tail(&new->list, dest);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * called under devcgroup_mutex
  */
 static int dev_exceptions_copy(struct list_head *dest, struct list_head *orig)
 {
-	struct dev_exception_item *ex, *tmp, *new;
+	struct dev_exception_item *ex, *tmp;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&devcgroup_mutex);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(ex, orig, list) {
-		new = kmemdup(ex, sizeof(*ex), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!new)
+		if (dev_exception_copy(dest, ex))
 			goto free_and_exit;
-		list_add_tail(&new->list, dest);
 	}
 
 	return 0;

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