From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753790Ab3J3TCg (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:02:36 -0400 Received: from mail-gg0-f176.google.com ([209.85.161.176]:56932 "EHLO mail-gg0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752241Ab3J3TCf (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:02:35 -0400 From: "Geyslan G. Bem" To: kernel-br@googlegroups.com Cc: "Geyslan G. Bem" , Matthew Garrett , Jeremy Kerr , Matt Fleming , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org (open list:EFI VARIABLE FILE...), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) Subject: [PATCH v2] efivarfs: 'efivarfs_file_write' function reorganization Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:57:41 -0300 Message-Id: <1383159461-29668-1-git-send-email-geyslan@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This reorganization: Removes useless 'bytes' prior assignment. Uses 'memdup_user' instead 'kmalloc' + 'copy_from_user'. Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem --- fs/efivarfs/file.c | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c index 8dd524f..cdb2971 100644 --- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c +++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file, u32 attributes; struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host; unsigned long datasize = count - sizeof(attributes); - ssize_t bytes = 0; + ssize_t bytes; bool set = false; if (count < sizeof(attributes)) @@ -33,14 +33,9 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file, if (attributes & ~(EFI_VARIABLE_MASK)) return -EINVAL; - data = kmalloc(datasize, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!data) - return -ENOMEM; - - if (copy_from_user(data, userbuf + sizeof(attributes), datasize)) { - bytes = -EFAULT; - goto out; - } + data = memdup_user(userbuf + sizeof(attributes), datasize); + if (IS_ERR(data)) + return PTR_ERR(data); bytes = efivar_entry_set_get_size(var, attributes, &datasize, data, &set); -- 1.8.4