linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: char: ipmi: Replaced kmalloc and strcpy with kstrdup

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Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:19:38 -0500
From:	Corey Minyard <tcminyard@...il.com>
To:	Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
CC:	openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: char: ipmi: Replaced kmalloc and strcpy with
 kstrdup

On 03/16/2013 09:16 AM, Alexandru Gheorghiu wrote:
> Replaced calls to kmalloc followed by strcpy with a sincle call to kstrdup.
> Patch found using coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuandru@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c |    3 +--
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> index 053201b..617b443 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> @@ -2037,12 +2037,11 @@ int ipmi_smi_add_proc_entry(ipmi_smi_t smi, char *name,
>   	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!entry)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
> -	entry->name = kmalloc(strlen(name)+1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	entry->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!entry->name) {
>   		kfree(entry);
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   	}
> -	strcpy(entry->name, name);
>   
>   	file = proc_create_data(name, 0, smi->proc_dir, proc_ops, data);
>   	if (!file) {
Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@...sta.com>
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