[PATCH] usb: avoid redundant allocation and free of memory

[Weitao Hou]

If usb is not attached, it's unnessary to allocate, copy
and free memory

Signed-off-by: Weitao Hou <houweit...@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index fa783531ee88..aa17dab6c4ea 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -2130,6 +2130,9 @@ static int proc_ioctl(struct usb_dev_state *ps, struct 
usbdevfs_ioctl *ctl)
        if (ps->privileges_dropped)
                return -EACCES;
 
+       if (!connected(ps))
+               return -ENODEV;
+
        /* alloc buffer */
        size = _IOC_SIZE(ctl->ioctl_code);
        if (size > 0) {
@@ -2146,11 +2149,6 @@ static int proc_ioctl(struct usb_dev_state *ps, struct 
usbdevfs_ioctl *ctl)
                }
        }
 
-       if (!connected(ps)) {
-               kfree(buf);
-               return -ENODEV;
-       }
-
        if (ps->dev->state != USB_STATE_CONFIGURED)
                retval = -EHOSTUNREACH;
        else if (!(intf = usb_ifnum_to_if(ps->dev, ctl->ifno)))
-- 
2.18.0