linux-kernel - [PATCH] aoe: replace kmalloc and then memcpy with kmemdup

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Message-Id: <1363000607-8173-1-git-send-email-mihneadb@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:16:47 +0200
From:	Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur <mihneadb@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	ecashin@...aid.com, Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur <mihneadb@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] aoe: replace kmalloc and then memcpy with kmemdup

Signed-off-by: Mihnea Dobrescu-Balaur <mihneadb@...il.com>
---
 drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index 42e67ad..ab41be6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -139,13 +139,12 @@ bail:		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&emsgs_lock, flags);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	mp = kmalloc(n, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	mp = kmemdup(msg, n, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (mp == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: allocation failure, len=%ld\n", n);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(mp, msg, n);
 	em->msg = mp;
 	em->flags |= EMFL_VALID;
 	em->len = n;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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