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[1/4] mailbox: mailbox-test: Use more consistent format for calling copy_from_user()

Message ID 1452755489-18736-2-git-send-email-lee.jones@linaro.org
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Lee Jones Jan. 14, 2016, 7:11 a.m. UTC
While we're at it, ensure copy-to location is NULL'ed in the error path.

Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>

---
 drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

-- 
1.9.1

Comments

Jassi Brar Jan. 28, 2016, 4:24 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> While we're at it, ensure copy-to location is NULL'ed in the error path.

>

> Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>

> ---

>  drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c | 4 ++--

>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

>

> diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c

> index 684ae17..7d9b915 100644

> --- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c

> +++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c

> @@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_signal_write(struct file *filp,

>         if (!tdev->signal)

>                 return -ENOMEM;

>

> -       ret = copy_from_user(tdev->signal, userbuf, count);

> -       if (ret) {

> +       if (copy_from_user(tdev->signal, userbuf, count)) {

>                 kfree(tdev->signal);

> +               tdev->signal = NULL;

>                 return -EFAULT;

>         }

>

The function is left to return based on an uninitialized variable
('ret' on stack), so please merge this and the patch 2/4.

Thanks.
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diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
index 684ae17..7d9b915 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@  static ssize_t mbox_test_signal_write(struct file *filp,
 	if (!tdev->signal)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = copy_from_user(tdev->signal, userbuf, count);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (copy_from_user(tdev->signal, userbuf, count)) {
 		kfree(tdev->signal);
+		tdev->signal = NULL;
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}