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

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Message-ID: <20200512161411.GC6049@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 18:14:11 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@...wei.com>
Cc:     hch@....de, sagi@...mberg.me, chaitanya.kulkarni@....com,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] nvmet: replace kstrndup() with kmemdup_nul()

On Fri, May 08, 2020 at 07:59:06PM +0800, Chen Zhou wrote:
> 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>

Thanks,

applied to nvme-5.8.