Replaced calls to kmalloc followed by strcpy with a sincle call to kstrdup. Patch found using coccinelle.
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gheorghiu <gheorghiuan...@gmail.com> --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c index 053201b..617b443 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c @@ -2037,12 +2037,11 @@ int ipmi_smi_add_proc_entry(ipmi_smi_t smi, char *name, entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL); if (!entry) return -ENOMEM; - entry->name = kmalloc(strlen(name)+1, GFP_KERNEL); + entry->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL); if (!entry->name) { kfree(entry); return -ENOMEM; } - strcpy(entry->name, name); file = proc_create_data(name, 0, smi->proc_dir, proc_ops, data); if (!file) { -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/