For cases where @firmware is declared "const char *", use function kstrdup_const() to avoid needlessly creating another copy on the heap. Suggested-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c | 8 ++++---- include/linux/remoteproc.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c index d9e6949e4ac1..db8a15fc1e4a 100644 --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c @@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ static void rproc_type_release(struct device *dev) if (rproc->index >= 0) ida_simple_remove(&rproc_dev_index, rproc->index); - kfree(rproc->firmware); + kfree_const(rproc->firmware); kfree(rproc->ops); kfree(rproc); } @@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ static const struct device_type rproc_type = { static int rproc_alloc_firmware(struct rproc *rproc, const char *name, const char *firmware) { - char *p; + const char *p; if (!firmware) /* @@ -2018,7 +2018,7 @@ static int rproc_alloc_firmware(struct rproc *rproc, */ p = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "rproc-%s-fw", name); else - p = kstrdup(firmware, GFP_KERNEL); + p = kstrdup_const(firmware, GFP_KERNEL); if (!p) return -ENOMEM; @@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name, return rproc; free_firmware: - kfree(rproc->firmware); + kfree_const(rproc->firmware); free_rproc: kfree(rproc); return NULL; diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h index 0547676479d3..800b4f09dc98 100644 --- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h +++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h @@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ struct rproc { struct list_head node; struct iommu_domain *domain; const char *name; - char *firmware; + const char *firmware; void *priv; struct rproc_ops *ops; struct device dev; -- 2.20.1