linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] usb: gadget: udc: atmel: used managed kasprintf

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Date:   Mon, 5 Dec 2016 17:17:03 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Alexandre Belloni' <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
CC:     Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] usb: gadget: udc: atmel: used managed kasprintf

From: Alexandre Belloni
> Sent: 02 December 2016 16:19
> On 02/12/2016 at 15:59:57 +0000, David Laight wrote :
> > From: Alexandre Belloni
> > > Sent: 01 December 2016 10:27
> > > Use devm_kasprintf instead of simple kasprintf to free the allocated memory
> > > when needed.
> >
> > s/when needed/when the device is freed/
> >
> > > Suggested-by: Peter Rosin <peda@...ntia.se>
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/atmel_usba_udc.c | 3 ++-
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/atmel_usba_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/atmel_usba_udc.c
> > > index 45bc997d0711..aec72fe8273c 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/atmel_usba_udc.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/atmel_usba_udc.c
> > > @@ -1978,7 +1978,8 @@ static struct usba_ep * atmel_udc_of_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
> > >  			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "of_probe: name error(%d)\n", ret);
> > >  			goto err;
> > >  		}
> > > -		ep->ep.name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "ep%d", ep->index);
> > > +		ep->ep.name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "ep%d",
> > > +					     ep->index);
> >
> > Acually why bother mallocing such a small string at all.
> > The maximum length is 12 bytes even if 'index' are unrestricted.
> >
> 
> IIRC, using statically allocated string is failing somewhere is the USB
> core but I don't remember all the details.

I can't imagine that changing ep->ep.name from 'char *' to 'char [12]' would
make any difference.

	David