[PATCH 3/5] clk: convert clock name allocations to kstrdup_const

Andrzej Hajda
2015-01-12T09:21:27Z

Clock subsystem frequently performs duplication of strings located
in read-only memory section. Replacing kstrdup by kstrdup_const
allows to avoid such operations.

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@samsung.com>
---
drivers/clk/clk.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index f4963b7..27e644a 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw)
goto fail_out;
}

- clk->name = kstrdup(hw->init->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ clk->name = kstrdup_const(hw->init->name, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!clk->name) {
pr_err("%s: could not allocate clk->name\n", __func__);
ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw)

/* copy each string name in case parent_names is __initdata */
for (i = 0; i < clk->num_parents; i++) {
- clk->parent_names[i] = kstrdup(hw->init->parent_names[i],
+ clk->parent_names[i] = kstrdup_const(hw->init->parent_names[i],
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!clk->parent_names[i]) {
pr_err("%s: could not copy parent_names\n", __func__);
@@ -2090,10 +2090,10 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct clk_hw *hw)

fail_parent_names_copy:
while (--i >= 0)
- kfree(clk->parent_names[i]);
+ kfree_const(clk->parent_names[i]);
kfree(clk->parent_names);
fail_parent_names:
- kfree(clk->name);
+ kfree_const(clk->name);
fail_name:
kfree(clk);
fail_out:
@@ -2112,10 +2112,10 @@ static void __clk_release(struct kref *ref)

kfree(clk->parents);
while (--i >= 0)
- kfree(clk->parent_names[i]);
+ kfree_const(clk->parent_names[i]);

kfree(clk->parent_names);
- kfree(clk->name);
+ kfree_const(clk->name);
kfree(clk);
}

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1.9.1