linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] proc: fold kmalloc() + strcpy() into kmemdup()

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Message-ID: <56b30220-c3ef-4bde-9f6a-c35e7f0060b3@web.de>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 13:24:10 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] proc: fold kmalloc() + strcpy() into kmemdup()

> strcpy() will recalculate string length second time which is
> unnecessary in this case.

Can corresponding imperative wordings be preferred for a better change description?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.11-rc6#n94

Regards,
Markus