linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 07/19] auxdisplay: linedisp: Use kmemdup

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:57:47 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Marek Behun <marek.behun@....cz>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 07/19] auxdisplay: linedisp: Use kmemdup_nul() helper

Use the existing kmemdup_nul() helper instead of open-coding the same
operation.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
---
v5:
  - No changes,

v4:
  - No changes,

v3:
  - No changes,

v2:
  - No changes.
---
 drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c
index 4b97c20ac0b381ee..3f35199bc39f511f 100644
--- a/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c
+++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/line-display.c
@@ -91,13 +91,10 @@ static int linedisp_display(struct linedisp *linedisp, const char *msg,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	new_msg = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_msg = kmemdup_nul(msg, count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memcpy(new_msg, msg, count);
-	new_msg[count] = 0;
-
 	kfree(linedisp->message);
 
 	linedisp->message = new_msg;
-- 
2.25.1