netdev - RE: [PATCH -next 2/2] net/mlx5e: Switch to kmemdup() when allocate dev

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 12:38:11 +0000
From:   Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>
To:     Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        Lior Nahmanson <liorna@...dia.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [PATCH -next 2/2] net/mlx5e: Switch to kmemdup() when allocate
 dev_addr



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2022 17:37
>To: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
>Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>; Lior Nahmanson
><liorna@...dia.com>; Raed Salem <raeds@...dia.com>;
>davem@...emloft.net
>Subject: [PATCH -next 2/2] net/mlx5e: Switch to kmemdup() when allocate
>dev_addr
>
>External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
>
>
>Use kmemdup() helper instead of open-coding to simplify the code when
>allocate dev_addr.
>
>Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
>---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
>b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
>index 5fa3e22c8918..0f7c5b9a3541 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
>@@ -934,14 +934,14 @@ static int mlx5e_macsec_add_secy(struct
>macsec_context *ctx)
>                goto out;
>        }
>
>-       macsec_device->dev_addr = kzalloc(dev->addr_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>+       macsec_device->dev_addr = kmemdup(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len,
>+                                         GFP_KERNEL);
I think it could fit in one line (the kmemdup function call)
>        if (!macsec_device->dev_addr) {
>                kfree(macsec_device);
>                err = -ENOMEM;
>                goto out;
>        }
>
>-       memcpy(macsec_device->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
>        macsec_device->netdev = dev;
>
>        INIT_LIST_HEAD_RCU(&macsec_device->macsec_rx_sc_list_head);
>--
>2.25.1

Thanks, good catch