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SubjectRe: [PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup()
[Li Zefan - Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 06:16:20PM +0800]
| This piece of code can be replaced by a kstrdup().
|
| Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
| ---
| fs/namespace.c | 9 +--------
| 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
|
| diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
| index 4f6f763..08c3b2d 100644
| --- a/fs/namespace.c
| +++ b/fs/namespace.c
| @@ -127,14 +127,7 @@ struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
| INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave_list);
| INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave);
| atomic_set(&mnt->__mnt_writers, 0);
| - if (name) {
| - int size = strlen(name) + 1;
| - char *newname = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
| - if (newname) {
| - memcpy(newname, name, size);
| - mnt->mnt_devname = newname;
| - }
| - }
| + mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
| }
| return mnt;
| }
| --
| 1.5.4.rc3
|
|

but kstrdup may return NULL - is it safe there?
Sorry if that "not smart" question.

- Cyrill -


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