netdev - [PATCH] atmel: use memdup_user to simplify the code

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Message-ID: <20180604103210.23984-1-yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 Jun 2018 18:32:10 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] atmel: use memdup_user to simplify the code

use existing memdup_user() helper function instead of open-coding

Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c
index d122386..30b479a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/atmel.c
@@ -2657,14 +2657,9 @@ static int atmel_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (!(new_firmware = kmalloc(com.len, GFP_KERNEL))) {
-			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			break;
-		}
-
-		if (copy_from_user(new_firmware, com.data, com.len)) {
-			kfree(new_firmware);
-			rc = -EFAULT;
+		new_firmware = memdup_user(com.data, com.len);
+		if (IS_ERR(new_firmware)) {
+			rc = PTR_ERR(new_firmware);
 			break;
 		}
 
-- 
2.7.0