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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200
commit521c180874dae86f675d23c4eade4dba8b1f2cc8 (patch)
tree7509303da3a9a1b40a26f6811f321c89cd31737b /sound/core/timer.c
parentf1a11e0576c7a73d759d05d776692b2b2d37172b (diff)
parent64d1304a64477629cb16b75491a77bafe6f86963 (diff)
Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/futexes
Merge reason: this branch was on an pre -rc1 base, merge it up to -rc6+ to get the latest upstream fixes. Conflicts: kernel/futex.c Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'sound/core/timer.c')
-rw-r--r--sound/core/timer.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index 3f0050d0b71..8f8b17ac074 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -1395,13 +1395,10 @@ static int snd_timer_user_ginfo(struct file *file,
struct list_head *p;
int err = 0;
- ginfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*ginfo), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (! ginfo)
- return -ENOMEM;
- if (copy_from_user(ginfo, _ginfo, sizeof(*ginfo))) {
- kfree(ginfo);
- return -EFAULT;
- }
+ ginfo = memdup_user(_ginfo, sizeof(*ginfo));
+ if (IS_ERR(ginfo))
+ return PTR_ERR(ginfo);
+
tid = ginfo->tid;
memset(ginfo, 0, sizeof(*ginfo));
ginfo->tid = tid;