linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ptp: use memdup

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Message-ID: <20160520125417.GA3559@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 20 May 2016 14:54:17 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>
Cc:	"open list:PTP HARDWARE CLOCK SUPPORT" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptp: use memdup_user().

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 05:51:02PM +0530, Muhammad Falak R Wani wrote:
> Use memdup_user to duplicate a memory region from user-space to
> kernel-space, instead of open coding using kmalloc & copy_from_user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Falak R Wani <falakreyaz@...il.com>

Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>