linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] clk: fixed-rate: Don't open code kstrdup()

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:01:19 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] clk: fixed-rate: Don't open code kstrdup()

Save a little code by using the library function.

Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
---
 drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c |    7 +------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c b/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c
index 90c79fb..cf84e41 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk-fixed-rate.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ struct clk *clk_register_fixed_rate(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 {
 	struct clk_fixed_rate *fixed;
 	char **parent_names = NULL;
-	u8 len;
 
 	fixed = kzalloc(sizeof(struct clk_fixed_rate), GFP_KERNEL);
 
@@ -63,14 +62,10 @@ struct clk *clk_register_fixed_rate(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 		if (! parent_names)
 			goto out;
 
-		len = sizeof(char) * strlen(parent_name);
-
-		parent_names[0] = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		parent_names[0] = kstrdup(parent_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (!parent_names[0])
 			goto out;
-
-		strncpy(parent_names[0], parent_name, len);
 	}
 
 out:
-- 
1.7.9.1

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