linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/18] drx-j: Use kmemdup instead of kmalloc + memcpy

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2014 17:21:26 +0200
From:	Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@...6.fr>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
Cc:	benoit.taine@...6.fr, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 17/18] drx-j: Use kmemdup instead of kmalloc + memcpy

This issue was reported by coccicheck using the semantic patch 
at scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci

Signed-off-by: Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@...6.fr>
---
Not compile tested.

 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c |   14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
index 9482954..3795f65 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
@@ -12272,22 +12272,20 @@ struct dvb_frontend *drx39xxj_attach(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
 	if (demod == NULL)
 		goto error;
 
-	demod_addr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct i2c_device_addr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	demod_addr = kmemdup(&drxj_default_addr_g,
+			     sizeof(struct i2c_device_addr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (demod_addr == NULL)
 		goto error;
-	memcpy(demod_addr, &drxj_default_addr_g,
-	       sizeof(struct i2c_device_addr));
 
-	demod_comm_attr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drx_common_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	demod_comm_attr = kmemdup(&drxj_default_comm_attr_g,
+				  sizeof(struct drx_common_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (demod_comm_attr == NULL)
 		goto error;
-	memcpy(demod_comm_attr, &drxj_default_comm_attr_g,
-	       sizeof(struct drx_common_attr));
 
-	demod_ext_attr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drxj_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	demod_ext_attr = kmemdup(&drxj_data_g, sizeof(struct drxj_data),
+				 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (demod_ext_attr == NULL)
 		goto error;
-	memcpy(demod_ext_attr, &drxj_data_g, sizeof(struct drxj_data));
 
 	/* setup the state */
 	state->i2c = i2c;

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