linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] x86/microcode: Use kmemdup() rather than duplicating its implementation

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Message-Id: <1455612202-14414-3-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de>
Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:43:20 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] x86/microcode: Use kmemdup() rather than duplicating its implementation

From: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>

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

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439201994-28067-2-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c   | 4 +---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
index 2233f8a76615..34b391bb71c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
@@ -793,15 +793,13 @@ static int verify_and_add_patch(u8 family, u8 *fw, unsigned int leftover)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	patch->data = kzalloc(patch_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	patch->data = kmemdup(fw + SECTION_HDR_SIZE, patch_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!patch->data) {
 		pr_err("Patch data allocation failure.\n");
 		kfree(patch);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* All looks ok, copy patch... */
-	memcpy(patch->data, fw + SECTION_HDR_SIZE, patch_size);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&patch->plist);
 	patch->patch_id  = mc_hdr->patch_id;
 	patch->equiv_cpu = proc_id;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index ee81c544ee0d..b7efe1f02f01 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -207,13 +207,11 @@ save_microcode(struct mc_saved_data *mc_saved_data,
 		mc_hdr = &mc->hdr;
 		size   = get_totalsize(mc_hdr);
 
-		saved_ptr[i] = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		saved_ptr[i] = kmemdup(mc, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!saved_ptr[i]) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err;
 		}
-
-		memcpy(saved_ptr[i], mc, size);
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
2.3.5