linux-kernel - [PATCH 15/31] misc/vmw_vmci: use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

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Date:	Fri, 07 Aug 2015 09:59:21 +0200
From:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 15/31] misc/vmw_vmci: use kmemdup rather than duplicating its
 implementation

The patch was generated using fixed coccinelle semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci [1].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2014320

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
---
 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c
index 8226652..8a4b6bb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c
@@ -276,11 +276,10 @@ static int dg_dispatch_as_host(u32 context_id, struct vmci_datagram *dg)
 		}
 
 		/* We make a copy to enqueue. */
-		new_dg = kmalloc(dg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		new_dg = kmemdup(dg, dg_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (new_dg == NULL)
 			return VMCI_ERROR_NO_MEM;
 
-		memcpy(new_dg, dg, dg_size);
 		retval = vmci_ctx_enqueue_datagram(dg->dst.context, new_dg);
 		if (retval < VMCI_SUCCESS) {
 			kfree(new_dg);
-- 
1.9.1

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