linux-kernel - [PATCH] yam: use memdup

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Date:   Sat,  6 May 2017 23:42:22 +0800
From:   Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
To:     Jean-Paul Roubelat <jpr@...bb.org>
Cc:     Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] yam: use memdup_user

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

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
index b6891ad..7a7c522 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
@@ -976,12 +976,10 @@ static int yam_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 	case SIOCYAMSMCS:
 		if (netif_running(dev))
 			return -EINVAL;		/* Cannot change this parameter when up */
-		if ((ym = kmalloc(sizeof(struct yamdrv_ioctl_mcs), GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
-			return -ENOBUFS;
-		if (copy_from_user(ym, ifr->ifr_data, sizeof(struct yamdrv_ioctl_mcs))) {
-			kfree(ym);
-			return -EFAULT;
-		}
+		ym = memdup_user(ifr->ifr_data,
+				 sizeof(struct yamdrv_ioctl_mcs));
+		if (IS_ERR(ym))
+			return PTR_ERR(ym);
 		if (ym->bitrate > YAM_MAXBITRATE) {
 			kfree(ym);
 			return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.9.3