[PATCH] kernel/module: Use kmemdup to replace kmalloc+memcpy
From: zhong jiang
Date: Tue Jul 31 2018 - 13:08:01 EST
we prefer to the kmemdup rather than kmalloc+memcpy. so just
replace them.
Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 20344e4..6746c85 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2057,21 +2057,19 @@ static int copy_module_elf(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
/* Elf section header table */
size = sizeof(*info->sechdrs) * info->hdr->e_shnum;
- mod->klp_info->sechdrs = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ mod->klp_info->sechdrs = kmemdup(info->sechdrs, size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (mod->klp_info->sechdrs == NULL) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto free_info;
}
- memcpy(mod->klp_info->sechdrs, info->sechdrs, size);
/* Elf section name string table */
size = info->sechdrs[info->hdr->e_shstrndx].sh_size;
- mod->klp_info->secstrings = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ mod->klp_info->secstrings = kmemdup(info->secstrings, size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (mod->klp_info->secstrings == NULL) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto free_sechdrs;
}
- memcpy(mod->klp_info->secstrings, info->secstrings, size);
/* Elf symbol section index */
symndx = info->index.sym;
--
1.7.12.4