[PATCH] partitions: use kasprintf

From: Akinobu Mita
Date: Sat Nov 17 2007 - 06:03:42 EST


Use kasprintf instead of kmalloc()-strcpy()-strcat().

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/partitions/check.c | 7 +------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: 2.6-mm/fs/partitions/check.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-mm.orig/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ 2.6-mm/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -453,16 +453,11 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
static char *make_block_name(struct gendisk *disk)
{
char *name;
- static char *block_str = "block:";
- int size;
char *s;

- size = strlen(block_str) + strlen(disk->disk_name) + 1;
- name = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "block:%s", disk->disk_name);
if (!name)
return NULL;
- strcpy(name, block_str);
- strcat(name, disk->disk_name);
/* ewww... some of these buggers have / in name... */
s = strchr(name, '/');
if (s)
-
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