From: Wang Xiaoqiang With the following code snippet: ... char buf[64]; ... if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt)) ... Even though the value of "&buf" equals "buf", but there is no need to get the address of the "buf" again. Use "buf" instead of "&buf". Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160418152329.18b72bea@debian Signed-off-by: Wang Xiaoqiang Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index 5e3ad3481e4b..46028d47d252 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -3664,7 +3664,7 @@ tracing_trace_options_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, if (cnt >= sizeof(buf)) return -EINVAL; - if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt)) + if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt)) return -EFAULT; buf[cnt] = 0; @@ -4537,7 +4537,7 @@ tracing_set_trace_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, if (cnt > MAX_TRACER_SIZE) cnt = MAX_TRACER_SIZE; - if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt)) + if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt)) return -EFAULT; buf[cnt] = 0; @@ -5327,7 +5327,7 @@ static ssize_t tracing_clock_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, if (cnt >= sizeof(buf)) return -EINVAL; - if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt)) + if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt)) return -EFAULT; buf[cnt] = 0; -- 2.8.0.rc3