this is a case for kmemdup(). target->hwinfo=kmemdup(scan_info,be16_to_cpu(scan_info->size), GFP_KERNEL);
re, wh Am 11.04.2016 12:00, schrieb Christophe JAILLET: > Hi, > > while looking at potential clean-up, I ended on the following code which > looks spurious to me. > > We allocate 'be16_to_cpu(scan_info->size)' bytes, but then copy > 'scan_info->size'. > This is not consistent. > > > I don't know which one is the correct one. > > > CJ > > --- drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_wireless.c > +++ /tmp/cocci-output-24201-0dddbd-ps3_gelic_wireless.c > @@ -1616,13 +1616,10 @@ static void gelic_wl_scan_complete_event > target->valid = 1; > target->eurus_index = i; > kfree(target->hwinfo); > - target->hwinfo = kzalloc(be16_to_cpu(scan_info->size), > - GFP_KERNEL); > if (!target->hwinfo) > continue; > > /* copy hw scan info */ > - memcpy(target->hwinfo, scan_info, scan_info->size); > target->essid_len = strnlen(scan_info->essid, > sizeof(scan_info->essid)); > target->rate_len = 0; > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > kernel-janitors" in > the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev