This reorganization:

Adds 'attrsize' variable to make the code cleaner and more
understandable, replacing all 'sizeof(attributes)'.

Removes 'bytes' prior assignment due this new approach.

Uses 'memdup_user' instead 'kmalloc' + 'copy_from_user'.

Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <[email protected]>
---
 fs/efivarfs/file.c | 23 +++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
index 8dd524f..e190aa0 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
@@ -18,29 +18,24 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 {
        struct efivar_entry *var = file->private_data;
        void *data;
-       u32 attributes;
+       u32 attributes, attrsize = sizeof(attributes);
        struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-       unsigned long datasize = count - sizeof(attributes);
-       ssize_t bytes = 0;
+       unsigned long datasize = count - attrsize;
+       ssize_t bytes;
        bool set = false;
 
-       if (count < sizeof(attributes))
+       if (count < attrsize)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (copy_from_user(&attributes, userbuf, sizeof(attributes)))
+       if (copy_from_user(&attributes, userbuf, attrsize))
                return -EFAULT;
 
        if (attributes & ~(EFI_VARIABLE_MASK))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       data = kmalloc(datasize, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!data)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       if (copy_from_user(data, userbuf + sizeof(attributes), datasize)) {
-               bytes = -EFAULT;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       data = memdup_user(userbuf + attrsize, datasize);
+       if (IS_ERR(data))
+               return PTR_ERR(data);
 
        bytes = efivar_entry_set_get_size(var, attributes, &datasize,
                                          data, &set);
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
                dput(file->f_dentry);
        } else {
                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-               i_size_write(inode, datasize + sizeof(attributes));
+               i_size_write(inode, datasize + attrsize);
                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
        }
 
-- 
1.8.4

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