[for-next][PATCH 5/5] tracing: Dont use the address of the buffer array name in copy_from_user

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Apr 27 2016 - 12:33:48 EST


From: Wang Xiaoqiang <wangxq10@xxxxxxxxxx>

With the following code snippet:

...
char buf[64];
...
if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
...

Even though the value of "&buf" equals "buf", but there is no need
to get the address of the "buf" again. Use "buf" instead of "&buf".

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160418152329.18b72bea@debian

Signed-off-by: Wang Xiaoqiang <wangxq10@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5e3ad3481e4b..46028d47d252 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3664,7 +3664,7 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
return -EINVAL;

- if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+ if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt))
return -EFAULT;

buf[cnt] = 0;
@@ -4537,7 +4537,7 @@ tracing_set_trace_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
if (cnt > MAX_TRACER_SIZE)
cnt = MAX_TRACER_SIZE;

- if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+ if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt))
return -EFAULT;

buf[cnt] = 0;
@@ -5327,7 +5327,7 @@ static ssize_t tracing_clock_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
return -EINVAL;

- if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+ if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt))
return -EFAULT;

buf[cnt] = 0;
--
2.8.0.rc3