netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ieee802154: Use kmemdup instead of duplicating it in ca8210_test_int_driver

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Date:   Thu, 9 Aug 2018 16:44:32 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <h.morris@...coda.com>, <alex.aring@...il.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ieee802154: Use kmemdup instead of duplicating
 it in ca8210_test_int_driver_write

On 2018/8/9 16:13, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 08/09/2018 08:44 AM, YueHaibing wrote:
>> Replace calls to kmalloc followed by a memcpy with a direct call to
>> kmemdup.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
> 
> Is Yue your forname and Haibing your surname? In that case having it
> written as
> 
> Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>

Well, It should be this, but it's been a long time to use the former

> 
> in the from line as well as in the SOB would be better.
> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 +--
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
>> index 58299fb..e21279d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
>> @@ -634,10 +634,9 @@ static int ca8210_test_int_driver_write(
>>  	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
>>  		dev_dbg(&priv->spi->dev, "%#03x\n", buf[i]);
>>  
>> -	fifo_buffer = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	fifo_buffer = kmemdup(buf, len, GFP_KERNEL);
>>  	if (!fifo_buffer)
>>  		return -ENOMEM;
>> -	memcpy(fifo_buffer, buf, len);
>>  	kfifo_in(&test->up_fifo, &fifo_buffer, 4);
>>  	wake_up_interruptible(&priv->test.readq);
> 
> Is this some kernel tree wide change you are submitting patches for or
> only for the ca8210 driver? Is there any specific problem you see with
> the kmalloc and memcpy code here? To me it looks fine.
> 
> The reason I ask is to understand if this is bug fix or a cleanup.

It just a code cleanup only for ca8210.

> 
> Harry, if you are ok with this one let me know with an Acked-By
> 
> regards
> Stefan Schmidt
> 
> .
>