Re: [PATCH] 2.5.47: strdup()

From: Olaf Dietsche (olaf.dietsche#list.linux-kernel@t-online.de)
Date: Sat Nov 16 2002 - 20:37:27 EST


Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org> writes:

> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 07:21:09AM +0100, Olaf Dietsche wrote:
>
>> This *untested* patch adds strdup(). There are about five or six
>> different strdup() implementations in various parts of the kernel.
>
> How many users of these functions are there? I really don't like
> certain functions which allocate memory in nebulous ways and almost
> would prefer all users of this are fixed to specifically allocate and
> str[n]cpy copy themselves making it clear who is allocating memory and
> also who should free it.

So you like duplicate code? Well, to each his own.

Regards, Olaf.
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