linux-kernel - [PATCH] spi: spidev: use memdup

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Date:   Sat,  6 May 2017 23:42:17 +0800
From:   Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] spi: spidev: use memdup_user

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

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
---
 drivers/spi/spidev.c | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index 9a2a79a..b00a88f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ static struct spi_ioc_transfer *
 spidev_get_ioc_message(unsigned int cmd, struct spi_ioc_transfer __user *u_ioc,
 		unsigned *n_ioc)
 {
-	struct spi_ioc_transfer	*ioc;
 	u32	tmp;
 
 	/* Check type, command number and direction */
@@ -342,14 +341,7 @@ spidev_get_ioc_message(unsigned int cmd, struct spi_ioc_transfer __user *u_ioc,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* copy into scratch area */
-	ioc = kmalloc(tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ioc)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	if (__copy_from_user(ioc, u_ioc, tmp)) {
-		kfree(ioc);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
-	}
-	return ioc;
+	return memdup_user(u_ioc, tmp);
 }
 
 static long
-- 
2.9.3