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From:   Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:13:49 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] iio: imu: add Bosch Sensortec BNO055 core driver
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
        Matt Ranostay <matt.ranostay@konsulko.com>,
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Il giorno lun 19 lug 2021 alle ore 13:48 Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:02:07AM +0200, Andrea Merello wrote:
> > Il giorno gio 15 lug 2021 alle ore 18:50 Andy Shevchenko
> > <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> >
> > >
> > > > +/* must be called in configuration mode */
> > > > +int bno055_calibration_load(struct bno055_priv *priv, const struct firmware *fw)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       int i;
> > > > +       unsigned int tmp;
> > > > +       u8 cal[BNO055_CALDATA_LEN];
> > > > +       int read, tot_read = 0;
> > > > +       int ret = 0;
> > > > +       char *buf = kmalloc(fw->size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> > > > +
> > > > +       if (!buf)
> > > > +               return -ENOMEM;
> > > > +
> > > > +       memcpy(buf, fw->data, fw->size);
> > >
> > > kmemdup() ?
> > >
> >
> > As a second thought: no, the whole point of reallocating and copying
> > here, is that we want to allocate an extra byte; kmemdup() will
> > allocate and copy only the very same amount of memory
>
> kmemdup_nul() then.

That's one seems suitable. Thank you.

>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>