RE: [PATCH v2] scsi: Use vmemdup_user to replace the open code

From: Don.Brace
Date: Mon Aug 13 2018 - 10:20:30 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: zhong jiang [mailto:zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 7:43 AM
> To: don.brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH v2] scsi: Use vmemdup_user to replace the open code
>
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> vmemdup_user is better than duplicating its implementation, So just
> replace the open code.
>
> The issue is detected with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Don Brace <don.brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Don Brace <don.brace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 12 ++++--------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> index 58bb70b..666ba09e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> @@ -6381,13 +6381,9 @@ static int hpsa_big_passthru_ioctl(struct ctlr_info
> *h, void __user *argp)
> return -EINVAL;
> if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
> return -EPERM;
> - ioc = kmalloc(sizeof(*ioc), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!ioc) {
> - status = -ENOMEM;
> - goto cleanup1;
> - }
> - if (copy_from_user(ioc, argp, sizeof(*ioc))) {
> - status = -EFAULT;
> + ioc = vmemdup_user(argp, sizeof(*ioc));
> + if (IS_ERR(ioc)) {
> + status = PTR_ERR(ioc);
> goto cleanup1;
> }
> if ((ioc->buf_size < 1) &&
> @@ -6505,7 +6501,7 @@ static int hpsa_big_passthru_ioctl(struct ctlr_info *h,
> void __user *argp)
> kfree(buff);
> }
> kfree(buff_size);
> - kfree(ioc);
> + kvfree(ioc);
> return status;
> }
>
> --
> 1.7.12.4