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-rw-r--r--drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_fs.c13
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_fs.c
index 25422a3a7238..796af6867007 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/ipath/ipath_fs.c
@@ -195,16 +195,9 @@ static ssize_t flash_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
goto bail;
}
- tmp = kmalloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!tmp) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto bail;
- }
-
- if (copy_from_user(tmp, buf, count)) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto bail_tmp;
- }
+ tmp = memdup_user(buf, count);
+ if (IS_ERR(tmp))
+ return PTR_ERR(tmp);
dd = file_inode(file)->i_private;
if (ipath_eeprom_write(dd, pos, tmp, count)) {