linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] remoteproc: Restructure firmware name allocation

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Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:26:43 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        linux-remoteproc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>, Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] remoteproc: Restructure firmware name allocation

…
> +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
> @@ -1984,14 +1984,14 @@ static int rproc_alloc_firmware(struct rproc *rproc,
>  {
>  	const char *p;
>
> -	if (!firmware)
> +	if (firmware)
> +		p = kstrdup_const(firmware, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	else
>  		/*
>  		 * If the caller didn't pass in a firmware name then
>  		 * construct a default name.
>  		 */
>  		p = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "rproc-%s-fw", name);
> -	else
> -		p = kstrdup_const(firmware, GFP_KERNEL);

Can the use of the conditional operator make sense at such source code places?

	p = firmware ? kstrdup_const(…) : kasprintf(…);

Regards,
Markus