Andrzej Hajda <[email protected]> writes:

> kstrdup if often used to duplicate strings where neither source neither
> destination will be ever modified. In such case we can just reuse the source
> instead of duplicating it. The problem is that we must be sure that
> the source is non-modifiable and its life-time is long enough.

What happens if someone is to kfree() these strings?

-Andi

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