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/aic7770_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c 2010-09-13 07:01:17.513861341 +0200 +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c 2011-08-01 21:15:57.315103668 +0200 @@ -85,10 +85,9 @@ aic7770_probe(struct device *dev) int error; sprintf(buf, "ahc_eisa:%d", eisaBase >> 12); - name = kmalloc(strlen(buf) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC); + name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_ATOMIC); if (name == NULL) return (ENOMEM); - strcpy(name, buf); ahc = ahc_alloc(&aic7xxx_driver_template, name); if (ahc == 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