From: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> Use kstrdup rather than duplicating its implementation The semantic patch that makes this output is available in scripts/coccinelle/api/kstrdup.cocci. More information about semantic patching is available at http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm_pci.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm_pci.c --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm_pci.c 2010-09-13 07:01:17.520528007 +0200 +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm_pci.c 2011-08-01 21:15:58.925094946 +0200 @@ -178,10 +178,9 @@ ahd_linux_pci_dev_probe(struct pci_dev * ahd_get_pci_bus(pci), ahd_get_pci_slot(pci), ahd_get_pci_function(pci)); - name = kmalloc(strlen(buf) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC); + name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_ATOMIC); if (name == NULL) return (-ENOMEM); - strcpy(name, buf); ahd = ahd_alloc(NULL, name); if (ahd == NULL) return (-ENOMEM); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html