* [PATCH RESEND 1/2] stm class: Replace kmalloc + copy_from_user with memdup_user
@ 2025-10-17 10:27 Thorsten Blum
2025-10-17 10:27 ` [PATCH RESEND 2/2] stm class: Replace kzalloc + copy_from_user with memdup_user_nul Thorsten Blum
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2025-10-17 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Shishkin, Maxime Coquelin, Alexandre Torgue
Cc: Thorsten Blum, linux-stm32, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
Replace kmalloc() followed by copy_from_user() with memdup_user() to
simplify and improve stm_char_write().
Allocate and copy only 'count' bytes instead of 'count + 1' since the
extra byte is unused.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
index cdba4e875b28..5834f796e86b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
@@ -645,15 +645,9 @@ static ssize_t stm_char_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
return err;
}
- kbuf = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!kbuf)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- err = copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, count);
- if (err) {
- kfree(kbuf);
- return -EFAULT;
- }
+ kbuf = memdup_user(buf, count);
+ if (IS_ERR(kbuf))
+ return PTR_ERR(kbuf);
pm_runtime_get_sync(&stm->dev);
--
2.51.0
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@ 2025-10-17 10:27 ` Thorsten Blum
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2025-10-17 10:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Shishkin, Maxime Coquelin, Alexandre Torgue
Cc: Thorsten Blum, linux-stm32, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
Replace kzalloc() followed by copy_from_user() with memdup_user_nul() to
simplify and improve stm_char_policy_set_ioctl(). Remove the obsolete
comment.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c | 15 +++------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
index 5834f796e86b..335bcf749214 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
@@ -733,18 +733,9 @@ static int stm_char_policy_set_ioctl(struct stm_file *stmf, void __user *arg)
if (size < sizeof(*id) || size >= PATH_MAX + sizeof(*id))
return -EINVAL;
- /*
- * size + 1 to make sure the .id string at the bottom is terminated,
- * which is also why memdup_user() is not useful here
- */
- id = kzalloc(size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!id)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (copy_from_user(id, arg, size)) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto err_free;
- }
+ id = memdup_user_nul(arg, size);
+ if (IS_ERR(id))
+ return PTR_ERR(id);
if (id->__reserved_0 || id->__reserved_1)
goto err_free;
--
2.51.0
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* [PATCH RESEND 1/2] stm class: Replace kmalloc + copy_from_user with memdup_user
@ 2025-11-14 16:04 Thorsten Blum
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2025-11-14 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Shishkin, Maxime Coquelin, Alexandre Torgue
Cc: Thorsten Blum, linux-stm32, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
Replace kmalloc() followed by copy_from_user() with memdup_user() to
simplify and improve stm_char_write().
Allocate and copy only 'count' bytes instead of 'count + 1' since the
extra byte is unused.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
index cdba4e875b28..5834f796e86b 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
@@ -645,15 +645,9 @@ static ssize_t stm_char_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
return err;
}
- kbuf = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!kbuf)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- err = copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, count);
- if (err) {
- kfree(kbuf);
- return -EFAULT;
- }
+ kbuf = memdup_user(buf, count);
+ if (IS_ERR(kbuf))
+ return PTR_ERR(kbuf);
pm_runtime_get_sync(&stm->dev);
--
2.51.1
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