Re: [PATCH 2/4] iio: imu: add Bosch Sensortec BNO055 core driver

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:02:07AM +0200, Andrea Merello wrote:
> Il giorno gio 15 lug 2021 alle ore 18:50 Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
> 
> >
> > > +/* must be called in configuration mode */
> > > +int bno055_calibration_load(struct bno055_priv *priv, const struct firmware *fw)
> > > +{
> > > +       int i;
> > > +       unsigned int tmp;
> > > +       u8 cal[BNO055_CALDATA_LEN];
> > > +       int read, tot_read = 0;
> > > +       int ret = 0;
> > > +       char *buf = kmalloc(fw->size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +
> > > +       if (!buf)
> > > +               return -ENOMEM;
> > > +
> > > +       memcpy(buf, fw->data, fw->size);
> >
> > kmemdup() ?
> >
> 
> As a second thought: no, the whole point of reallocating and copying
> here, is that we want to allocate an extra byte; kmemdup() will
> allocate and copy only the very same amount of memory

kmemdup_nul() then.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko