linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] devres: provide devm_kstrdup

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Date:   Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:30:45 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jon Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] devres: provide devm_kstrdup_const()

On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 9:14 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> Provide a resource managed version of kstrdup_const(). This variant
> internally calls devm_kstrdup() on pointers that are outside of
> .rodata section and returns the string as is otherwise.
>
> Make devm_kfree() check if the passed pointer doesn't point to .rodata
> and if so - don't actually destroy the resource.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
> Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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