linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ath: changed kmalloc to kmemdup

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Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:09:22 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
To:	Andrei Epure <epure.andrei@...il.com>
CC:	<linville@...driver.com>, <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath: changed kmalloc to kmemdup

Andrei Epure <epure.andrei@...il.com> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Andrei Epure <epure.andrei@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c |    4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c
> index 5fcd342..ffa1daa 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c
> @@ -856,11 +856,9 @@ static int ath6kl_usb_submit_ctrl_out(struct ath6kl_usb *ar_usb,
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	if (size > 0) {
> -		buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (buf == NULL)
>  			return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -		memcpy(buf, data, size);
>  	}

Thanks, applied to ath6kl.git.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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