linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] gpiolib: use kstrdup_const() for gpio

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Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:17:21 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] gpiolib: use kstrdup_const() for gpio_device label

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:29 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

> Users often pass a pointer to a static string to gpiochip_add_data()
> family of functions. Avoid unnecessary memory allocations with the
> provided helper routine.
>
> While at it: use a ternary operator instead of an if else for brevity.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>

Patch applied. (Patch 1/2 was already applied from an earlier
version).

Yours,
Linus Walleij