linux-kernel - [PATCH] brcmfmac: use kmemdup

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 19:29:03 +0530
From:	Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>,
	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	"Franky (Zhenhui) Lin" <frankyl@...adcom.com>,
	Hante Meuleman <meuleman@...adcom.com>,
	Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieterpg@...adcom.com>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] brcmfmac: use kmemdup

Use kmemdup when some other buffer is immediately copied into allocated
region. It replaces call to allocation followed by memcpy, by a single
call to kmemdup.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index d0631b6..705adaa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -6699,11 +6699,10 @@ struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *brcmf_cfg80211_attach(struct brcmf_pub *drvr,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	ops = kzalloc(sizeof(*ops), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ops = kmemdup(&brcmf_cfg80211_ops, sizeof(*ops), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ops)
 		return NULL;
 
-	memcpy(ops, &brcmf_cfg80211_ops, sizeof(*ops));
 	ifp = netdev_priv(ndev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	if (brcmf_feat_is_enabled(ifp, BRCMF_FEAT_WOWL_GTK))
-- 
1.9.1