The patch titled
Subject: lib/parser.c: switch match_number() over to use match_strdup()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-parserc-switch-match_number-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-parserc-switch-match_number-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-parserc-switch-match_number-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch
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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/parser.c: switch match_number() over to use match_strdup()
This simplifies the code. No change in behavior.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180830194727.191555-1-ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/parser.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/lib/parser.c~lib-parserc-switch-match_number-over-to-use-match_strdup
+++ a/lib/parser.c
@@ -131,13 +131,10 @@ static int match_number(substring_t *s,
char *buf;
int ret;
long 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 = 0;
val = simple_strtol(buf, &endp, base);
_
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
lib-parserc-switch-match_number-over-to-use-match_strdup.patch
