linux-kernel - [PATCH] USB: usbip: remove useless call in usbip

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Date:   Tue, 2 Jan 2018 08:02:06 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@...il.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] USB: usbip: remove useless call in usbip_recv

Calling msg_data_left(&msg) is only useful for its return value,
which in this particular case is ignored.

Fix this by removing such call.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1427080
Fixes: 90120d15f4c3 ("usbip: prevent leaking socket pointer address in messages")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
index 7b219d9..b5af6fc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ int usbip_recv(struct socket *sock, void *buf, int size)
 	usbip_dbg_xmit("enter\n");
 
 	do {
-		msg_data_left(&msg);
 		sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
 
 		result = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, MSG_WAITALL);
-- 
2.7.4