Re: [PATCH] mm/cma: remove stray newline from auto-generated CMA area name

[SJ Park]

On Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:32:15 +0800 Hongfu Li <hongfu.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When no name is supplied, cma_new_area() generates names with format
> "cma%d\n", introducing an unintended newline character ('\n') in the
> CMA name.

Nice catch!

> 
> Most CMA regions are created with explicit names, so this path is
> seldom hit. The newline only creates cosmetic noise in debug logs,
> traces and debugfs with no functional impact.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  mm/cma.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
> index a7929c758df1..a10ea37a261d 100644
> --- a/mm/cma.c
> +++ b/mm/cma.c
> @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int __init cma_new_area(const char *name, phys_addr_t size,
>  	if (name)
>  		strscpy(cma->name, name);
>  	else
> -		snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME,  "cma%d\n", cma_area_count);
> +		snprintf(cma->name, CMA_MAX_NAME, "cma%d", cma_area_count);

It also removes one unnecessary space!  Nice!


Thanks,
SJ

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