linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] nvmet: replace kstrndup() with kmemdup

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Message-ID: <20200508115906.165223-1-chenzhou10@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 8 May 2020 19:59:06 +0800
From:   Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>
To:     <hch@....de>, <sagi@...mberg.me>, <chaitanya.kulkarni@....com>
CC:     <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <chenzhou10@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next] nvmet: replace kstrndup() with kmemdup_nul()

It is more efficient to use kmemdup_nul() if the size is known exactly.

The doc in kernel:
"Note: Use kmemdup_nul() instead if the size is known exactly."

Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
index 58cabd7b6fc5..9894668a40e7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static ssize_t nvmet_ns_device_path_store(struct config_item *item,
 
 	kfree(ns->device_path);
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	ns->device_path = kstrndup(page, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ns->device_path = kmemdup_nul(page, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ns->device_path)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ static ssize_t nvmet_subsys_attr_model_store(struct config_item *item,
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	new_model_number = kstrndup(page, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_model_number = kmemdup_nul(page, len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_model_number)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-- 
2.20.1