linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add u64 number parser

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:32:23 -0700
From:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
To:	James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add u64 number parser

On 07/22/16 17:23, James Smart wrote:
> +	buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	memcpy(buf, s->from, len);
> +	buf[len] = '\0';

Hello James,

Have you considered to combine the above kmalloc() and memcpy() calls 
into a single kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%.*s", len, s->from) call?

Bart.