linux-kernel - [PATCH -mm] kernel/module.c: make_driver

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Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:32:45 +0100
From:	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH -mm] kernel/module.c: make_driver_name() can use kasrpintf()

Hello,

	make_driver_name() wants kasprintf(). Compile tested, also boots fine.

Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>

 kernel/module.c | 68034 -> 67872 (-162 bytes)
 kernel/module.o | 128520 -> 128328 (-192 bytes)

 kernel/module.c |   10 +---------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-a/kernel/module.c	2007-11-21 17:38:25.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3-mm1-b/kernel/module.c	2007-11-26 20:14:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -2497,15 +2497,7 @@ void print_modules(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 static char *make_driver_name(struct device_driver *drv)
 {
-	char *driver_name;
-
-	driver_name = kmalloc(strlen(drv->name) + strlen(drv->bus->name) + 2,
-			      GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!driver_name)
-		return NULL;
-
-	sprintf(driver_name, "%s:%s", drv->bus->name, drv->name);
-	return driver_name;
+	return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%s", drv->bus->name, drv->name);
 }

 static void module_create_drivers_dir(struct module_kobject *mk)
-
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