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scsi: hpsa: Replace kmalloc() + copy_from_user() with memdup_user()
authorThorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:15:04 +0000 (19:15 +0200)
committerMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:41:24 +0000 (21:41 -0400)
commitac01fc418f586c6a6e5582da16de7324e9c6391a
treec0f736af220bbb5f0f342dda9a4d22463509851a
parentb81296591c567b12d3873b05a37b975707959b94
scsi: hpsa: Replace kmalloc() + copy_from_user() with memdup_user()

Replace kmalloc() followed by copy_from_user() with memdup_user() to
improve and simplify hpsa_passthru_ioctl().

Since memdup_user() already allocates memory, use kzalloc() in the else
branch instead of manually zeroing 'buff' using memset(0).

Return early if an error occurs and remove the 'out_kfree' label.

No functional changes intended.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Don Brace <don.brace@microchip.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
drivers/scsi/hpsa.c