4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> commit 906b268477bc03daaa04f739844c120fe4dbc991 upstream. kernelci.org reports a warning for this driver, as it copies a local variable into a 'const char *' string: drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c:149:30: warning: passing argument 1 of 'strncpy' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers] Using kstrndup() simplifies the code and avoids the warning. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c @@ -139,15 +139,13 @@ static int __init init_msp_flash(void) } msp_maps[i].bankwidth = 1; - msp_maps[i].name = kmalloc(7, GFP_KERNEL); + msp_maps[i].name = kstrndup(flash_name, 7, GFP_KERNEL); if (!msp_maps[i].name) { iounmap(msp_maps[i].virt); kfree(msp_parts[i]); goto cleanup_loop; } - msp_maps[i].name = strncpy(msp_maps[i].name, flash_name, 7); - for (j = 0; j < pcnt; j++) { part_name[5] = '0' + i; part_name[7] = '0' + j;