linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] aic7xxx: replace kmalloc/strcpy by kstrdup

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Message-ID: <55A4DF76.80800@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:07:50 +0200
From:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
	JBottomley@...n.com
CC:	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] aic7xxx: replace kmalloc/strcpy by kstrdup

On 07/14/2015 12:02 PM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> This replaces kmalloc + strcpy by an equivalent call to kstrdup.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> v2: remove useless curly braces
> 
>  drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c | 6 ++----
>  drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c | 6 ++----
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
> index ce96a0b..ea4086e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
> @@ -1250,11 +1250,9 @@ ahd_linux_register_host(struct ahd_softc *ahd, struct scsi_host_template *templa
>  	ahd_set_unit(ahd, ahd_linux_unit++);
>  	ahd_unlock(ahd, &s);
>  	sprintf(buf, "scsi%d", host->host_no);
> -	new_name = kmalloc(strlen(buf) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
> -	if (new_name != NULL) {
> -		strcpy(new_name, buf);
> +	new_name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	if (new_name != NULL)
>  		ahd_set_name(ahd, new_name);
> -	}
>  	host->unique_id = ahd->unit;
>  	ahd_linux_initialize_scsi_bus(ahd);
>  	ahd_intr_enable(ahd, TRUE);
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
> index a2f2c77..f0ac966 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
> @@ -1114,11 +1114,9 @@ ahc_linux_register_host(struct ahc_softc *ahc, struct scsi_host_template *templa
>  	ahc_set_unit(ahc, ahc_linux_unit++);
>  	ahc_unlock(ahc, &s);
>  	sprintf(buf, "scsi%d", host->host_no);
> -	new_name = kmalloc(strlen(buf) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
> -	if (new_name != NULL) {
> -		strcpy(new_name, buf);
> +	new_name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +	if (new_name != NULL)
>  		ahc_set_name(ahc, new_name);
> -	}
>  	host->unique_id = ahc->unit;
>  	ahc_linux_initialize_scsi_bus(ahc);
>  	ahc_intr_enable(ahc, TRUE);
> 
Alright, if you insist ...

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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