linux-kernel - Re: omfs: make use of kmemdup

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Message-ID: <4fd20946-b991-0c0f-975e-ef79b433912b@web.de>
Date:   Sat, 14 Sep 2019 08:24:37 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Saiyam Doshi <saiyamdoshi.in@...il.com>,
        Bob Copeland <me@...copeland.com>
Cc:     linux-karma-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: omfs: make use of kmemdup

> Replace call to kmalloc followed by memcpy with a direct call
> to kmemdup to achieve same functionality.

I suggest to take another look at a similar patch.

fs/omfs: make use of kmemdup
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190721112326.GA5927@hari-Inspiron-1545/
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1102482/
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/7/21/40

Regards,
Markus