linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: synth: Save a few bytes of memory when registering a 'snd

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:07:47 +0100
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-sound@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: synth: Save a few bytes of memory when registering a 'snd_emux'

On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:42:12 +0100,
Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 
> snd_emux_register() calls pass a string literal as the 'name' parameter.
> 
> So kstrdup_const() can be used instead of kfree() to avoid a memory
> allocation in such cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

Thanks, applied now.


Takashi