The patch titled Subject: lib/parser.c: switch match_u64int() over to use match_strdup() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-parserc-switch-match_u64int-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-parserc-switch-match_u64int-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-parserc-switch-match_u64int-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/parser.c: switch match_u64int() over to use match_strdup() This simplifies the code. No change in behavior. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180830194814.192880-1-ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -puN lib/parser.c~lib-parserc-switch-match_u64int-over-to-use-match_strdup lib/parser.c --- a/lib/parser.c~lib-parserc-switch-match_u64int-over-to-use-match_strdup +++ a/lib/parser.c @@ -166,13 +166,10 @@ static int match_u64int(substring_t *s, char *buf; int ret; u64 val; - size_t len = s->to - s->from; - buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = match_strdup(s); if (!buf) return -ENOMEM; - memcpy(buf, s->from, len); - buf[len] = '\0'; ret = kstrtoull(buf, base, &val); if (!ret) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx are lib-parserc-switch-match_u64int-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch