linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: tcmu: Simplify 'tcmu_update_uio

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Date:   Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:10:40 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        target-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: tcmu: Simplify 'tcmu_update_uio_info()'


Christophe,

> Use 'kasprintf()' instead of:
>    - snprintf(NULL, 0...
>    - kmalloc(...
>    - snprintf(...
>
> This is less verbose and saves 7 bytes (i.e. the space for '/(null)') if
> 'udev->dev_config' is NULL.

Applied to 5.3/scsi-queue. Thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering