[PATCH v2 8/9] drivers/core: use memdup() instead of malloc()+memcpy()
Rasmus Villemoes
ravi at prevas.dk
Tue Apr 21 09:54:38 CEST 2026
Use memdup() instead of open-coding it.
In the dm_setup_inst() case, there was never any reason to use
calloc(), as the whole allocation is definitely initialized via the
immediately following memcpy().
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <ravi at prevas.dk>
---
drivers/core/acpi.c | 3 +--
drivers/core/ofnode.c | 3 +--
drivers/core/root.c | 3 +--
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/core/acpi.c b/drivers/core/acpi.c
index 4763963914b..6a431171c8d 100644
--- a/drivers/core/acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/core/acpi.c
@@ -154,10 +154,9 @@ static int add_item(struct acpi_ctx *ctx, struct udevice *dev,
if (!item->size)
return 0;
if (type != TYPE_OTHER) {
- item->buf = malloc(item->size);
+ item->buf = memdup(start, item->size);
if (!item->buf)
return log_msg_ret("mem", -ENOMEM);
- memcpy(item->buf, start, item->size);
}
item_count++;
log_debug("* %s: Added type %d, %p, size %x\n",
diff --git a/drivers/core/ofnode.c b/drivers/core/ofnode.c
index 3a36b6fdd03..12511f10aa9 100644
--- a/drivers/core/ofnode.c
+++ b/drivers/core/ofnode.c
@@ -1750,10 +1750,9 @@ int ofnode_write_prop(ofnode node, const char *propname, const void *value,
void *newval;
if (copy) {
- newval = malloc(len);
+ newval = memdup(value, len);
if (!newval)
return log_ret(-ENOMEM);
- memcpy(newval, value, len);
value = newval;
}
ret = of_write_prop(ofnode_to_np(node), propname, len, value);
diff --git a/drivers/core/root.c b/drivers/core/root.c
index d43645f34dd..1f32f33b295 100644
--- a/drivers/core/root.c
+++ b/drivers/core/root.c
@@ -81,10 +81,9 @@ static int dm_setup_inst(void)
/* Now allocate space for the priv/plat data, and copy it in */
size = __priv_data_end - __priv_data_start;
- base = calloc(1, size);
+ base = memdup(__priv_data_start, size);
if (!base)
return log_msg_ret("priv", -ENOMEM);
- memcpy(base, __priv_data_start, size);
gd_set_dm_priv_base(base);
}
--
2.53.0
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