linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 082/145] mtd: pmcmsp: use kstrndup instead of kmalloc+strncpy

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Message-Id: <20170416080205.268887182@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Sun, 16 Apr 2017 12:49:35 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 082/145] mtd: pmcmsp: use kstrndup instead of kmalloc+strncpy

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

commit 906b268477bc03daaa04f739844c120fe4dbc991 upstream.

kernelci.org reports a warning for this driver, as it copies a local
variable into a 'const char *' string:

    drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c:149:30: warning: passing argument 1 of 'strncpy' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]

Using kstrndup() simplifies the code and avoids the warning.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c
@@ -139,15 +139,13 @@ static int __init init_msp_flash(void)
 		}
 
 		msp_maps[i].bankwidth = 1;
-		msp_maps[i].name = kmalloc(7, GFP_KERNEL);
+		msp_maps[i].name = kstrndup(flash_name, 7, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!msp_maps[i].name) {
 			iounmap(msp_maps[i].virt);
 			kfree(msp_parts[i]);
 			goto cleanup_loop;
 		}
 
-		msp_maps[i].name = strncpy(msp_maps[i].name, flash_name, 7);
-
 		for (j = 0; j < pcnt; j++) {
 			part_name[5] = '0' + i;
 			part_name[7] = '0' + j;