[PATCH 0/18] Use kmemdup instead of kmalloc + memcpy

[PATCH 0/18] Use kmemdup instead of kmalloc + memcpy

[Benoit Taine]

These patches enhance kernel style usage, and allows smaller code while
preventing accidental code edits to produce overflows.

The semantic patch at scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci was used to
detect and edit this situation.

[PATCH 15/18] Drivers: media: Use kmemdup instead of kmalloc + memcpy

[Benoit Taine]

This issue was reported by coccicheck using the semantic patch 
at scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci

Signed-off-by: Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@lip6.fr>
---
Tested by compilation without errors.

 drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
index c8549bf..8646c11 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
@@ -1346,13 +1346,11 @@ static int soc_camera_i2c_init(struct soc_camera_device *icd,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	ssdd = kzalloc(sizeof(*ssdd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ssdd = kmemdup(&sdesc->subdev_desc, sizeof(*ssdd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ssdd) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto ealloc;
 	}
-
-	memcpy(ssdd, &sdesc->subdev_desc, sizeof(*ssdd));
 	/*
 	 * In synchronous case we request regulators ourselves in
 	 * soc_camera_pdrv_probe(), make sure the subdevice driver doesn't try

[PATCH 17/18] drx-j: Use kmemdup instead of kmalloc + memcpy

[Benoit Taine]

This issue was reported by coccicheck using the semantic patch 
at scripts/coccinelle/api/memdup.cocci

Signed-off-by: Benoit Taine <benoit.taine@lip6.fr>
---
Not compile tested.

 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c |   14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
index 9482954..3795f65 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/drx39xyj/drxj.c
@@ -12272,22 +12272,20 @@ struct dvb_frontend *drx39xxj_attach(struct i2c_adapter *i2c)
 	if (demod == NULL)
 		goto error;
 
-	demod_addr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct i2c_device_addr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	demod_addr = kmemdup(&drxj_default_addr_g,
+			     sizeof(struct i2c_device_addr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (demod_addr == NULL)
 		goto error;
-	memcpy(demod_addr, &drxj_default_addr_g,
-	       sizeof(struct i2c_device_addr));
 
-	demod_comm_attr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drx_common_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	demod_comm_attr = kmemdup(&drxj_default_comm_attr_g,
+				  sizeof(struct drx_common_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (demod_comm_attr == NULL)
 		goto error;
-	memcpy(demod_comm_attr, &drxj_default_comm_attr_g,
-	       sizeof(struct drx_common_attr));
 
-	demod_ext_attr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drxj_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	demod_ext_attr = kmemdup(&drxj_data_g, sizeof(struct drxj_data),
+				 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (demod_ext_attr == NULL)
 		goto error;
-	memcpy(demod_ext_attr, &drxj_data_g, sizeof(struct drxj_data));
 
 	/* setup the state */
 	state->i2c = i2c;