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spi: spidev: use memdup_user

Message ID 1028812604e64cd8e1ca2e25b119200fdbec2049.1493781496.git.geliangtang@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit f7929436a286ca31f0365a7013de968017f76818
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Geliang Tang May 6, 2017, 3:42 p.m. UTC
Use memdup_user() helper instead of open-coding to simplify the code.

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/spi/spidev.c | 10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

Comments

Geert Uytterhoeven May 8, 2017, 9:28 a.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Geliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com> wrote:
> Use memdup_user() helper instead of open-coding to simplify the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

> --- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
> @@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ static struct spi_ioc_transfer *
>  spidev_get_ioc_message(unsigned int cmd, struct spi_ioc_transfer __user *u_ioc,
>                 unsigned *n_ioc)
>  {
> -       struct spi_ioc_transfer *ioc;
>         u32     tmp;
>
>         /* Check type, command number and direction */
> @@ -342,14 +341,7 @@ spidev_get_ioc_message(unsigned int cmd, struct spi_ioc_transfer __user *u_ioc,
>                 return NULL;
>
>         /* copy into scratch area */
> -       ioc = kmalloc(tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!ioc)
> -               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -       if (__copy_from_user(ioc, u_ioc, tmp)) {

Note that as memdup_user() calls copy_from_user(), it repeats the access_ok()
check already done by spidev_ioctl().

> -               kfree(ioc);
> -               return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
> -       }
> -       return ioc;
> +       return memdup_user(u_ioc, tmp);

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index 9a2a79a..b00a88f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@  static struct spi_ioc_transfer *
 spidev_get_ioc_message(unsigned int cmd, struct spi_ioc_transfer __user *u_ioc,
 		unsigned *n_ioc)
 {
-	struct spi_ioc_transfer	*ioc;
 	u32	tmp;
 
 	/* Check type, command number and direction */
@@ -342,14 +341,7 @@  spidev_get_ioc_message(unsigned int cmd, struct spi_ioc_transfer __user *u_ioc,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* copy into scratch area */
-	ioc = kmalloc(tmp, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ioc)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	if (__copy_from_user(ioc, u_ioc, tmp)) {
-		kfree(ioc);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
-	}
-	return ioc;
+	return memdup_user(u_ioc, tmp);
 }
 
 static long