linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 11/15] PCI: rpaphp: kmalloc/kfree slot->name directly

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Date:	Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:44:33 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Alex Chiang" <achiang@...com>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/15] PCI: rpaphp: kmalloc/kfree slot->name directly

On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Alex Chiang <achiang@...com> wrote:
> @@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ struct slot *alloc_slot_struct(struct device_node *dn,
>                                           GFP_KERNEL);
>        if (!slot->hotplug_slot->info)
>                goto error_hpslot;
> -       slot->hotplug_slot->name = kmalloc(strlen(drc_name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!slot->hotplug_slot->name)
> +       slot->name = kmalloc(strlen(drc_name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!slot->name)
>                goto error_info;
> -       slot->name = slot->hotplug_slot->name;
>        strcpy(slot->name, drc_name);

Minor nit: you could use kstrdup() here.
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