From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
To: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>,
autofs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RESEND] autofs: replace manual symlink buffer allocation in autofs_dir_symlink
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 13:43:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105124309.47501-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev> (raw)
The symlink name was previously duplicated using an explicit kmalloc()
followed by strcpy(), which is deprecated [1]. Replace this open-coded
string duplication with kstrdup(), which allocates and copies the
symlink name with a single helper function.
Remove the local variable 'size' and set 'i_size' directly using
strlen(cp), which is equivalent to the previous value of 'size'.
This simplifies the code, uses common string-handling helpers, and
removes the deprecated use of strcpy().
Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
fs/autofs/root.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/autofs/root.c b/fs/autofs/root.c
index 2c31002b314a..186e960f1e23 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/root.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/root.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/capability.h>
#include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include "autofs_i.h"
@@ -578,7 +579,6 @@ static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
struct autofs_info *ino = autofs_dentry_ino(dentry);
struct autofs_info *p_ino;
struct inode *inode;
- size_t size = strlen(symname);
char *cp;
pr_debug("%s <- %pd\n", symname, dentry);
@@ -589,19 +589,17 @@ static int autofs_dir_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
autofs_del_active(dentry);
- cp = kmalloc(size + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ cp = kstrdup(symname, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cp)
return -ENOMEM;
- strcpy(cp, symname);
-
inode = autofs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, S_IFLNK | 0555);
if (!inode) {
kfree(cp);
return -ENOMEM;
}
inode->i_private = cp;
- inode->i_size = size;
+ inode->i_size = strlen(cp);
d_make_persistent(dentry, inode);
p_ino = autofs_dentry_ino(dentry->d_parent);
--
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
GPG: 1D60 735E 8AEF 3BE4 73B6 9D84 7336 78FD 8DFE EAD4
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 12:43 Thorsten Blum [this message]
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2026-01-27 1:36 [PATCH RESEND] autofs: replace manual symlink buffer allocation in autofs_dir_symlink Thorsten Blum
2026-01-27 2:14 ` Ian Kent
2026-02-22 21:22 ` Thorsten Blum
2026-03-18 0:12 Thorsten Blum
2026-03-18 9:56 ` Christian Brauner
2026-03-18 9:56 ` Christian Brauner
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