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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/cciss.c14
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 0422c47..b38bd06 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -514,14 +514,9 @@ cciss_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
if (!buf || length > PAGE_SIZE - 1)
return -EINVAL;
- buffer = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!buffer)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- err = -EFAULT;
- if (copy_from_user(buffer, buf, length))
- goto out;
- buffer[length] = '\0';
+ buffer = memdup_user_nul(buf, length);
+ if (IS_ERR(buffer))
+ return PTR_ERR(buffer);
#ifdef CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE
if (strncmp(ENGAGE_SCSI, buffer, sizeof ENGAGE_SCSI - 1) == 0) {
@@ -537,8 +532,7 @@ cciss_proc_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
/* might be nice to have "disengage" too, but it's not
safely possible. (only 1 module use count, lock issues.) */
-out:
- free_page((unsigned long)buffer);
+ kfree(buffer);
return err;
}
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