Use 'kasprintf()' instead of: - snprintf(NULL, 0... - kmalloc(... - snprintf(... This is less verbose and saves 7 bytes (i.e. the space for '/(null)') if 'udev->dev_config' is NULL. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/target/target_core_user.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c index b43d6385a1a0..04eda111920e 100644 --- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c @@ -1824,20 +1824,18 @@ static int tcmu_update_uio_info(struct tcmu_dev *udev) { struct tcmu_hba *hba = udev->hba->hba_ptr; struct uio_info *info; - size_t size, used; char *str; info = &udev->uio_info; - size = snprintf(NULL, 0, "tcm-user/%u/%s/%s", hba->host_id, udev->name, - udev->dev_config); - size += 1; /* for \0 */ - str = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!str) - return -ENOMEM; - used = snprintf(str, size, "tcm-user/%u/%s", hba->host_id, udev->name); if (udev->dev_config[0]) - snprintf(str + used, size - used, "/%s", udev->dev_config); + str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "tcm-user/%u/%s/%s", hba->host_id, + udev->name, udev->dev_config); + else + str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "tcm-user/%u/%s", hba->host_id, + udev->name); + if (!str) + return -ENOMEM; /* If the old string exists, free it */ kfree(info->name); -- 2.20.1