snd_emux_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@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/sound/emux_synth.h | 2 +- sound/synth/emux/emux.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/sound/emux_synth.h b/include/sound/emux_synth.h index 1cc530434b97..3f7f365ed248 100644 --- a/include/sound/emux_synth.h +++ b/include/sound/emux_synth.h @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct snd_emux { int ports[SNDRV_EMUX_MAX_PORTS]; /* The ports for this device */ struct snd_emux_port *portptrs[SNDRV_EMUX_MAX_PORTS]; int used; /* use counter */ - char *name; /* name of the device (internal) */ + const char *name; /* name of the device (internal) */ struct snd_rawmidi **vmidi; struct timer_list tlist; /* for pending note-offs */ int timer_active; diff --git a/sound/synth/emux/emux.c b/sound/synth/emux/emux.c index 0006c3ddb51d..a82af9374852 100644 --- a/sound/synth/emux/emux.c +++ b/sound/synth/emux/emux.c @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int snd_emux_register(struct snd_emux *emu, struct snd_card *card, int index, ch return -EINVAL; emu->card = card; - emu->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL); + emu->name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL); emu->voices = kcalloc(emu->max_voices, sizeof(struct snd_emux_voice), GFP_KERNEL); if (emu->name == NULL || emu->voices == NULL) @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int snd_emux_free(struct snd_emux *emu) snd_emux_delete_hwdep(emu); snd_sf_free(emu->sflist); kfree(emu->voices); - kfree(emu->name); + kfree_const(emu->name); kfree(emu); return 0; } -- 2.43.0