It is more efficient to use kmemdup_nul() if the size is known exactly. The doc in kernel: "Note: Use kmemdup_nul() instead if the size is known exactly." Signed-off-by: Chen Zhou <chenzhou10@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c index 244e00f48c5c..f035d2ebcae5 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ struct pci_epf *pci_epf_create(const char *name) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); len = strchrnul(name, '.') - name; - epf->name = kstrndup(name, len, GFP_KERNEL); + epf->name = kmemdup_nul(name, len, GFP_KERNEL); if (!epf->name) { kfree(epf); return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); -- 2.20.1