async->cmd = cmd;
        async->cmd.data = NULL;
        /* load channel/gain list */
-       async->cmd.chanlist =
-           kmalloc(async->cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!async->cmd.chanlist) {
-               DPRINTK("allocation failed\n");
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       }
-
-       if (copy_from_user(async->cmd.chanlist, user_chanlist,
-                          async->cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int))) {
-               DPRINTK("fault reading chanlist\n");
-               ret = -EFAULT;
+       async->cmd.chanlist = memdup_user(user_chanlist,
+                                         async->cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int));
+       if (IS_ERR(async->cmd.chanlist)) {
+               ret = PTR_ERR(async->cmd.chanlist);
+               DPRINTK("memdup_user failed with code %d\n", ret);
                goto cleanup;
        }
 
 
        /* load channel/gain list */
        if (cmd.chanlist) {
-               chanlist =
-                   kmalloc(cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!chanlist) {
-                       DPRINTK("allocation failed\n");
-                       ret = -ENOMEM;
-                       goto cleanup;
-               }
-
-               if (copy_from_user(chanlist, user_chanlist,
-                                  cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int))) {
-                       DPRINTK("fault reading chanlist\n");
-                       ret = -EFAULT;
+               chanlist = memdup_user(user_chanlist,
+                                      cmd.chanlist_len * sizeof(int));
+               if (IS_ERR(chanlist)) {
+                       ret = PTR_ERR(chanlist);
+                       DPRINTK("memdup_user exited with code %d", ret);
                        goto cleanup;
                }