[PATCH] vfs: use kstrdup()

From: Li Zefan
Date: Sat Jul 19 2008 - 06:18:37 EST


This piece of code can be replaced by a kstrdup().

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 9 +--------
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 4f6f763..08c3b2d 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -127,14 +127,7 @@ struct vfsmount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mnt->mnt_slave);
atomic_set(&mnt->__mnt_writers, 0);
- if (name) {
- int size = strlen(name) + 1;
- char *newname = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (newname) {
- memcpy(newname, name, size);
- mnt->mnt_devname = newname;
- }
- }
+ mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
}
return mnt;
}
--
1.5.4.rc3


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