[PATCH v2 17/35] net/wireless: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

[PATCH v2 17/35] net/wireless: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

[Fuqian Huang]

kmemdup is introduced to duplicate a region of memory in a neat way.
Rather than kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy, which the programmer needs to
write the size twice (sometimes lead to mistakes), kmemdup improves
readability, leads to smaller code and also reduce the chances of mistakes.
Suggestion to use kmemdup rather than using kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy.

Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
  - Fix a typo in commit message (memset -> memcpy)

 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c  | 6 ++----
 drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c | 3 +--
 drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c  | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
index 68854c45d0a4..7452a0f587fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c
@@ -3643,7 +3643,7 @@ static int ath6kl_wmi_send_action_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, u8 if_idx, u32 id,
 	if (wait)
 		return -EINVAL; /* Offload for wait not supported */
 
-	buf = kmalloc(data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmemdup(data, data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -3654,7 +3654,6 @@ static int ath6kl_wmi_send_action_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, u8 if_idx, u32 id,
 	}
 
 	kfree(wmi->last_mgmt_tx_frame);
-	memcpy(buf, data, data_len);
 	wmi->last_mgmt_tx_frame = buf;
 	wmi->last_mgmt_tx_frame_len = data_len;
 
@@ -3682,7 +3681,7 @@ static int __ath6kl_wmi_send_mgmt_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, u8 if_idx, u32 id,
 	if (wait)
 		return -EINVAL; /* Offload for wait not supported */
 
-	buf = kmalloc(data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmemdup(data, data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -3693,7 +3692,6 @@ static int __ath6kl_wmi_send_mgmt_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, u8 if_idx, u32 id,
 	}
 
 	kfree(wmi->last_mgmt_tx_frame);
-	memcpy(buf, data, data_len);
 	wmi->last_mgmt_tx_frame = buf;
 	wmi->last_mgmt_tx_frame_len = data_len;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c
index 14133eedb3b6..12952b1c29df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/queue.c
@@ -79,10 +79,9 @@ static void cw1200_queue_register_post_gc(struct list_head *gc_list,
 					  struct cw1200_queue_item *item)
 {
 	struct cw1200_queue_item *gc_item;
-	gc_item = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cw1200_queue_item),
+	gc_item = kmemdup(item, sizeof(struct cw1200_queue_item),
 			GFP_ATOMIC);
 	BUG_ON(!gc_item);
-	memcpy(gc_item, item, sizeof(struct cw1200_queue_item));
 	list_add_tail(&gc_item->head, gc_list);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
index c9a485ecee7b..297207856494 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ int wl1271_rx_filter_alloc_field(struct wl12xx_rx_filter *filter,
 
 	field = &filter->fields[filter->num_fields];
 
-	field->pattern = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	field->pattern = kmemdup(pattern, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!field->pattern) {
 		wl1271_warning("Failed to allocate RX filter pattern");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1445,7 +1445,6 @@ int wl1271_rx_filter_alloc_field(struct wl12xx_rx_filter *filter,
 	field->offset = cpu_to_le16(offset);
 	field->flags = flags;
 	field->len = len;
-	memcpy(field->pattern, pattern, len);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.11.0

Re: [PATCH v2 17/35] net/wireless: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

[Kalle Valo]

Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@gmail.com> writes:

> kmemdup is introduced to duplicate a region of memory in a neat way.
> Rather than kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy, which the programmer needs to
> write the size twice (sometimes lead to mistakes), kmemdup improves
> readability, leads to smaller code and also reduce the chances of mistakes.
> Suggestion to use kmemdup rather than using kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy.
>
> Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@gmail.com>

I'm planning to take this.

-- 
Kalle Valo

Re: [PATCH v2 17/35] net/wireless: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

[Kalle Valo]

Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@gmail.com> wrote:

> kmemdup is introduced to duplicate a region of memory in a neat way.
> Rather than kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy, which the programmer needs to
> write the size twice (sometimes lead to mistakes), kmemdup improves
> readability, leads to smaller code and also reduce the chances of mistakes.
> Suggestion to use kmemdup rather than using kmalloc/kzalloc + memcpy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fuqian Huang <huangfq.daxian@gmail.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

ab8c31dd8c8a net/wireless: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11029833/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches