linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup()

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Message-ID: <20080719131909.GB7027@asus>
Date:	Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:19:09 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup()

[Cyrill Gorcunov - Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 05:13:17PM +0400]
[...]
| | -			}
| | -		}
| | +		mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
| |  	}
| |  	return mnt;
| |  }
| | -- 
| | 1.5.4.rc3
| | 
| | 
| 
| but kstrdup may return NULL - is it safe there?
| Sorry if that "not smart" question.
| 
| 		- Cyrill -

ah, I see it is safe - sorry for noise

		- Cyrill -
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