linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc/powernv: use memdup

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Message-Id: <82dff48f45f609c00bcf78810742e2702446dddd.1493380967.git.geliangtang@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 29 Apr 2017 09:45:14 +0800
From:   Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/powernv: use memdup_user

Use memdup_user() helper instead of open-coding to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-prd.c | 13 +++----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-prd.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-prd.c
index 2d6ee1c..de4dd09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-prd.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-prd.c
@@ -241,15 +241,9 @@ static ssize_t opal_prd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
 	size = be16_to_cpu(hdr.size);
 
-	msg = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!msg)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	rc = copy_from_user(msg, buf, size);
-	if (rc) {
-		size = -EFAULT;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
+	msg = memdup_user(buf, size);
+	if (IS_ERR(msg))
+		return PTR_ERR(msg);
 
 	rc = opal_prd_msg(msg);
 	if (rc) {
@@ -257,7 +251,6 @@ static ssize_t opal_prd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		size = -EIO;
 	}
 
-out_free:
 	kfree(msg);
 
 	return size;
-- 
2.9.3