linux-kernel - [PATCH] [media] pwc: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:43:40 +0100
From:	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
To:	mchehab@...radead.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [media] pwc: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its
 implementation

The semantic patch that makes this change is available
in scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>
---

diff -u -p a/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c b/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c
--- a/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c 2011-11-07 19:37:51.143333699 +0100
+++ b/drivers/media/video/pwc/pwc-ctrl.c 2011-11-08 10:47:00.679677247 +0100
@@ -113,10 +113,9 @@ static int _send_control_msg(struct pwc_
 	void *kbuf = NULL;
 
 	if (buflen) {
-		kbuf = kmalloc(buflen, GFP_KERNEL); /* not allowed on stack */
+		kbuf = kmemdup(buf, buflen, GFP_KERNEL); /* not allowed on stack */
 		if (kbuf == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		memcpy(kbuf, buf, buflen);
 	}
 
 	rc = usb_control_msg(pdev->udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(pdev->udev, 0),
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