On Sat, 2011-08-06 at 11:22 +0200, Thomas Meyer wrote: > 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); All adaptec drivers are in deep maintenance mode because the hardware isn't being produced any longer. The only things we really apply to them now is essential bug fixes, which this isn't. James -- 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