kasprintf() does the job of two: kmalloc() and sprintf(). Replace two calls with one. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c index c0c8945603cb..4e76ffcb5394 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c @@ -933,12 +933,11 @@ static int wmi_dev_probe(struct device *dev) goto probe_failure; } - buf = kmalloc(strlen(wdriver->driver.name) + 5, GFP_KERNEL); + buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "wmi/%s", wdriver->driver.name); if (!buf) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto probe_string_failure; } - sprintf(buf, "wmi/%s", wdriver->driver.name); wblock->char_dev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR; wblock->char_dev.name = buf; wblock->char_dev.fops = &wmi_fops; -- 2.16.1