* [PATCH] xxx: use kstrdup()
@ 2011-08-06 15:34 Thomas Meyer
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From: Thomas Meyer @ 2011-08-06 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: hare, linux-kernel, linux-scsi
From: Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
Use kstrdup rather than duplicating its implementation
The semantic patch that makes this output is available
in scripts/coccinelle/api/kstrdup.cocci.
More information about semantic patching is available at
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>
---
diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c 2010-09-13 07:01:17.513861341 +0200
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c 2011-08-01 21:15:57.315103668 +0200
@@ -85,10 +85,9 @@ aic7770_probe(struct device *dev)
int error;
sprintf(buf, "ahc_eisa:%d", eisaBase >> 12);
- name = kmalloc(strlen(buf) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (name == NULL)
return (ENOMEM);
- strcpy(name, buf);
ahc = ahc_alloc(&aic7xxx_driver_template, name);
if (ahc == NULL)
return (ENOMEM);
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