linux-kernel - [PATCH] partitions: use kasprintf

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Message-ID: <20071117105738.GB4861@APFDCB5C>
Date:	Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:57:38 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] partitions: use kasprintf

Use kasprintf instead of kmalloc()-strcpy()-strcat().

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

---
 fs/partitions/check.c |    7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: 2.6-mm/fs/partitions/check.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-mm.orig/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ 2.6-mm/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -453,16 +453,11 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
 static char *make_block_name(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	char *name;
-	static char *block_str = "block:";
-	int size;
 	char *s;
 
-	size = strlen(block_str) + strlen(disk->disk_name) + 1;
-	name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "block:%s", disk->disk_name);
 	if (!name)
 		return NULL;
-	strcpy(name, block_str);
-	strcat(name, disk->disk_name);
 	/* ewww... some of these buggers have / in name... */
 	s = strchr(name, '/');
 	if (s)
-
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