The patch titled
Subject: dynamic_debug: don't duplicate modname in ddebug_add_module
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
dynamic_debug-dont-duplicate-modname-in-ddebug_add_module.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: dynamic_debug: don't duplicate modname in ddebug_add_module
For built-in modules, we're already reusing the passed-in string via
kstrdup_const(). But for actual modules (i.e. when we're called from
dynamic_debug_setup in module.c), the passed-in string (which points at
the name[] array inside struct module) is also guaranteed to live at least
as long as the struct ddebug_table, since free_module() calls
ddebug_remove_module().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190212214150.4807-6-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c~dynamic_debug-dont-duplicate-modname-in-ddebug_add_module
+++ a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -847,17 +847,17 @@ int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *ta
const char *name)
{
struct ddebug_table *dt;
- const char *new_name;
dt = kzalloc(sizeof(*dt), GFP_KERNEL);
if (dt == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- new_name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (new_name == NULL) {
- kfree(dt);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
- dt->mod_name = new_name;
+ /*
+ * For built-in modules, name lives in .rodata and is
+ * immortal. For loaded modules, name points at the name[]
+ * member of struct module, which lives at least as long as
+ * this struct ddebug_table.
+ */
+ dt->mod_name = name;
dt->num_ddebugs = n;
dt->ddebugs = tab;
@@ -913,7 +913,6 @@ int ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb(char *
static void ddebug_table_free(struct ddebug_table *dt)
{
list_del_init(&dt->link);
- kfree_const(dt->mod_name);
kfree(dt);
}
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