Use kasprintf() instead of hand writing it. This saves the need of an intermediate buffer. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c index a9477e5432e4..f5ee62ce1753 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi.c @@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(lighting_control_state, 0644, show_control_state, static int alienware_zone_init(struct platform_device *dev) { u8 zone; - char buffer[10]; char *name; if (interface == WMAX) { @@ -466,8 +465,7 @@ static int alienware_zone_init(struct platform_device *dev) return -ENOMEM; for (zone = 0; zone < quirks->num_zones; zone++) { - sprintf(buffer, "zone%02hhX", zone); - name = kstrdup(buffer, GFP_KERNEL); + name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "zone%02hhX", zone); if (name == NULL) return 1; sysfs_attr_init(&zone_dev_attrs[zone].attr); -- 2.34.1