linux-kernel - [PATCH] USB: serial: cp210x: use kmemdup

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 19:34:36 +0530
From:	Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>
To:	Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] USB: serial: cp210x: 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/usb/serial/cp210x.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c b/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
index 96a7078..4d6a5c6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.c
@@ -496,12 +496,10 @@ static int cp210x_write_reg_block(struct usb_serial_port *port, u8 req,
 	void *dmabuf;
 	int result;
 
-	dmabuf = kmalloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	dmabuf = kmemdup(buf, bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dmabuf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(dmabuf, buf, bufsize);
-
 	result = usb_control_msg(serial->dev, usb_sndctrlpipe(serial->dev, 0),
 			req, REQTYPE_HOST_TO_INTERFACE, 0,
 			port_priv->bInterfaceNumber, dmabuf, bufsize,
-- 
1.9.1