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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c index 6dd5b9614452..abcee58e851c 100644 --- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c +++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_message_write(struct file *filp, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { struct mbox_test_device *tdev = filp->private_data; + char *message; void *data; int ret; @@ -112,12 +113,13 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_message_write(struct file *filp, return -EINVAL; } - mutex_lock(&tdev->mutex); - - tdev->message = kzalloc(MBOX_MAX_MSG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!tdev->message) + message = kzalloc(MBOX_MAX_MSG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!message) return -ENOMEM; + mutex_lock(&tdev->mutex); + + tdev->message = message; ret = copy_from_user(tdev->message, userbuf, count); if (ret) { ret = -EFAULT; |