linux-kernel - [Patch v2] staging: rtl8192e: Make use kmemdup

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Date:   Sun, 4 Aug 2019 08:18:32 +0530
From:   Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>
To:     joe@...ches.com, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Himadri Pandya <himadri18.07@...il.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>,
        Michiel Schuurmans <michielschuurmans@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Patch v2] staging: rtl8192e: Make use kmemdup

As kmemdup API does kmalloc + memcpy . We can make use of it instead of
calling kmalloc and memcpy independetly.

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>
---
v2 - remove the netdev_info() uses for allocation failures

 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c | 24 +++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
index e29e8d6..f2f7529 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_softmac.c
@@ -1382,15 +1382,10 @@ rtllib_association_req(struct rtllib_network *beacon,
 	ieee->assocreq_ies = NULL;
 	ies = &(hdr->info_element[0].id);
 	ieee->assocreq_ies_len = (skb->data + skb->len) - ies;
-	ieee->assocreq_ies = kmalloc(ieee->assocreq_ies_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (ieee->assocreq_ies)
-		memcpy(ieee->assocreq_ies, ies, ieee->assocreq_ies_len);
-	else {
-		netdev_info(ieee->dev,
-			    "%s()Warning: can't alloc memory for assocreq_ies\n",
-			    __func__);
+	ieee->assocreq_ies = kmemdup(ies, ieee->assocreq_ies_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!ieee->assocreq_ies)
 		ieee->assocreq_ies_len = 0;
-	}
+
 	return skb;
 }
 
@@ -2259,17 +2254,12 @@ rtllib_rx_assoc_resp(struct rtllib_device *ieee, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			ieee->assocresp_ies = NULL;
 			ies = &(assoc_resp->info_element[0].id);
 			ieee->assocresp_ies_len = (skb->data + skb->len) - ies;
-			ieee->assocresp_ies = kmalloc(ieee->assocresp_ies_len,
+			ieee->assocresp_ies = kmemdup(ies,
+						      ieee->assocresp_ies_len,
 						      GFP_ATOMIC);
-			if (ieee->assocresp_ies)
-				memcpy(ieee->assocresp_ies, ies,
-				       ieee->assocresp_ies_len);
-			else {
-				netdev_info(ieee->dev,
-					    "%s()Warning: can't alloc memory for assocresp_ies\n",
-					    __func__);
+			if (!ieee->assocresp_ies)
 				ieee->assocresp_ies_len = 0;
-			}
+
 			rtllib_associate_complete(ieee);
 		} else {
 			/* aid could not been allocated */
-- 
2.7.4