linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers: parport: Use kmemdup

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Date:	Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:54:38 +0300
From:	Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] drivers: parport: Use kmemdup

Used kmemdup instead of kmalloc and memcpy.
Patch found using coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
---
 drivers/parport/parport_gsc.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_gsc.c b/drivers/parport/parport_gsc.c
index 050773c..4b364c6 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/parport_gsc.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/parport_gsc.c
@@ -246,14 +246,14 @@ struct parport *parport_gsc_probe_port(unsigned long base,
 		printk (KERN_DEBUG "parport (0x%lx): no memory!\n", base);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	ops = kmalloc (sizeof (struct parport_operations), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ops = kmemdup(&parport_gsc_ops, sizeof(struct parport_operations),
+					GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ops) {
 		printk (KERN_DEBUG "parport (0x%lx): no memory for ops!\n",
 			base);
 		kfree (priv);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	memcpy (ops, &parport_gsc_ops, sizeof (struct parport_operations));
 	priv->ctr = 0xc;
 	priv->ctr_writable = 0xff;
 	priv->dma_buf = 0;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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