[PATCH] s390/tape: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its implementation
From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Sat Aug 20 2016 - 13:32:30 EST
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2016 19:25:34 +0200
Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping
duplicate source code.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c | 11 +++--------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c
index d3d1936..e352047 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_3590.c
@@ -312,15 +312,10 @@ static int tape_3592_ioctl_kekl_set(struct tape_device *device,
return -ENOSYS;
if (!crypt_enabled(device))
return -EUNATCH;
- ext_kekls = kmalloc(sizeof(*ext_kekls), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!ext_kekls)
- return -ENOMEM;
- if (copy_from_user(ext_kekls, (char __user *)arg, sizeof(*ext_kekls))) {
- rc = -EFAULT;
- goto out;
- }
+ ext_kekls = memdup_user((char __user *)arg, sizeof(*ext_kekls));
+ if (IS_ERR(ext_kekls))
+ return PTR_ERR(ext_kekls);
rc = tape_3592_kekl_set(device, ext_kekls);
-out:
kfree(ext_kekls);
return rc;
}
--
2.9.3