[PATCH 5/5] staging: vt6656: Remove memory buffer from vnt_download_firmware.

[Malcolm Priestley]

The memory buffer is being done twice here as vnt_control_out passes
it straight to kmemdup.

Remove buffer and add const to the variable in vnt_control_out to pass
the pointer to it.

Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvbox...@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c | 14 ++------------
 drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c  |  2 +-
 drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.h  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c 
b/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
index 60a00af250bf..70358d427211 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ int vnt_download_firmware(struct vnt_private *priv)
 {
        struct device *dev = &priv->usb->dev;
        const struct firmware *fw;
-       void *buffer = NULL;
        u16 length;
        int ii;
        int ret = 0;
@@ -44,26 +43,17 @@ int vnt_download_firmware(struct vnt_private *priv)
                goto end;
        }
 
-       buffer = kmalloc(FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!buffer) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto free_fw;
-       }
-
        for (ii = 0; ii < fw->size; ii += FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE) {
                length = min_t(int, fw->size - ii, FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE);
-               memcpy(buffer, fw->data + ii, length);
 
                ret = vnt_control_out(priv, 0, 0x1200 + ii, 0x0000, length,
-                                     buffer);
+                                     fw->data + ii);
                if (ret)
-                       goto free_buffer;
+                       goto free_fw;
 
                dev_dbg(dev, "Download firmware...%d %zu\n", ii, fw->size);
        }
 
-free_buffer:
-       kfree(buffer);
 free_fw:
        release_firmware(fw);
 end:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c
index d977d4777e4f..7bfccc48a366 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define USB_CTL_WAIT   500 /* ms */
 
 int vnt_control_out(struct vnt_private *priv, u8 request, u16 value,
-                   u16 index, u16 length, u8 *buffer)
+                   u16 index, u16 length, const u8 *buffer)
 {
        int ret = 0;
        u8 *usb_buffer;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.h b/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.h
index b65d9c01a211..4e3341bc3221 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/usbpipe.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define VNT_REG_BLOCK_SIZE     64
 
 int vnt_control_out(struct vnt_private *priv, u8 request, u16 value,
-                   u16 index, u16 length, u8 *buffer);
+                   u16 index, u16 length, const u8 *buffer);
 int vnt_control_in(struct vnt_private *priv, u8 request, u16 value,
                   u16 index, u16 length,  u8 *buffer);
 
-- 
2.24.0
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