linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nfc: hci: Save a few bytes of memory when registering a 'nfc

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Message-ID: <9415e571-50a1-41d3-8205-68e4128bbe6d@linaro.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:24:17 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfc: hci: Save a few bytes of memory when registering a
 'nfc_llc' engine

On 20/01/2024 10:56, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> nfc_llc_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>

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>

You probably need to resend it, because that time net-next was closed.
If resending, keep my tag.

Best regards,
Krzysztof