linux-kernel - [PATCH] Staging: lustre: Use memdup_user rather than duplicating its implementation

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Message-ID: <1434438213-4792-1-git-send-email-habdul@visteon.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2015 07:04:51 +0000
From:	"Abdul, Hussain (H.)" <habdul@...teon.com>
To:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	"oleg.drokin@...el.com" <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	"andreas.dilger@...el.com" <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	"HPDD-discuss@...ts.01.org" <HPDD-discuss@...ts.01.org>,
	"devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ravindran, Madhusudhanan (M.)" <mravindr@...teon.com>,
	"Dighe, Niranjan (N.)" <ndighe@...teon.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Staging: lustre: Use memdup_user rather than duplicating its
 implementation

From: Abdul Hussain <habdul@...teon.com>

This patch uses memdup_user rather than duplicating its implementation

Signed-off-by: Abdul Hussain <habdul@...teon.com>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c | 22 ++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index 4f9b1c7..3075db2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -2361,14 +2361,9 @@ ll_file_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		struct hsm_state_set	*hss;
 		int			 rc;
 
-		hss = kzalloc(sizeof(*hss), GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!hss)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		if (copy_from_user(hss, (char *)arg, sizeof(*hss))) {
-			kfree(hss);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
+		hss = memdup_user((char *)arg, sizeof(*hss));
+		if (IS_ERR(hss))
+			return PTR_ERR(hss);
 
 		rc = ll_hsm_state_set(inode, hss);
 
@@ -2488,14 +2483,9 @@ ll_file_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case LL_IOC_HSM_IMPORT: {
 		struct hsm_user_import *hui;
 
-		hui = kzalloc(sizeof(*hui), GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!hui)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
-		if (copy_from_user(hui, (void *)arg, sizeof(*hui))) {
-			kfree(hui);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
+		hui = memdup_user((void *)arg, sizeof(*hui));
+		if (IS_ERR(hui))
+			return PTR_ERR(hui);
 
 		rc = ll_hsm_import(inode, file, hui);
 
-- 
1.9.1
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