[PATCH v3 3/5] powerpc/pseries: replace kmalloc + strlcpy

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Thu Oct 1 19:46:08 AEST 2015


The helper kstrndup() will do the same in one line.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/of_helpers.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/of_helpers.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/of_helpers.c
index 2f363e3..8c6b05a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/of_helpers.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/of_helpers.c
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ struct device_node *pseries_of_derive_parent(const char *path)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	if (strrchr(path, '/') != path) {
-		parent_path = kmalloc(parent_path_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		parent_path = kstrndup(path, parent_path_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!parent_path)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		strlcpy(parent_path, path, parent_path_len);
 	}
 	parent = of_find_node_by_path(parent_path);
 	if (strcmp(parent_path, "/"))
-- 
2.5.1



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