The patch titled
Subject: lib/parser.c: switch match_strdup() over to use kmemdup_nul()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-parserc-switch-match_strdup-over-to-use-kmemdup_nul.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-parserc-switch-match_strdup-over-to-use-kmemdup_nul.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-parserc-switch-match_strdup-over-to-use-kmemdup_nul.patch
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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/parser.c: switch match_strdup() over to use kmemdup_nul()
This simplifies the code. No change in behavior.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180830194436.188867-1-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_strdup-over-to-use-kmemdup_nul lib/parser.c
--- a/lib/parser.c~lib-parserc-switch-match_strdup-over-to-use-kmemdup_nul
+++ a/lib/parser.c
@@ -327,10 +327,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_strlcpy);
*/
char *match_strdup(const substring_t *s)
{
- size_t sz = s->to - s->from + 1;
- char *p = kmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (p)
- match_strlcpy(p, s, sz);
- return p;
+ return kmemdup_nul(s->from, s->to - s->from, GFP_KERNEL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_strdup);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx are
lib-parserc-switch-match_strdup-over-to-use-kmemdup_nul.patch
lib-parserc-switch-match_u64int-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch
