It is more efficient to use kmemdup_nul() if the size is known exactly . According to doc: "Note: Use kmemdup_nul() instead if the size is known exactly." Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c index 0349f455a862..af9c7f43859c 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_upcall.c @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int gssp_alloc_receive_pages(struct gssx_arg_accept_sec_context *arg) static char *gssp_stringify(struct xdr_netobj *netobj) { - return kstrndup(netobj->data, netobj->len, GFP_KERNEL); + return kmemdup_nul(netobj->data, netobj->len, GFP_KERNEL); } static void gssp_hostbased_service(char **principal) -- 2.20.1