linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] of/resolver: Replace kmalloc + memcpy with kmemdup()

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Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:35:58 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] of/resolver: Replace kmalloc + memcpy with kmemdup()

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Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/of/resolver.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/resolver.c b/drivers/of/resolver.c
index 2d58253bf2f7..bd21a66f6930 100644
--- a/drivers/of/resolver.c
+++ b/drivers/of/resolver.c
@@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ static int update_usages_of_a_phandle_reference(struct device_node *overlay,
 	int offset, len;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	value = kmalloc(prop_fixup->length, GFP_KERNEL);
+	value = kmemdup(prop_fixup->value, prop_fixup->length, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!value)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memcpy(value, prop_fixup->value, prop_fixup->length);
 
 	/* prop_fixup contains a list of tuples of path:property_name:offset */
 	end = value + prop_fixup->length;
-- 
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