[PATCH] xxx: use kstrdup()

[Thomas Meyer]

From: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>

 Use kstrdup rather than duplicating its implementation

 The semantic patch that makes this output is available
 in scripts/coccinelle/api/kstrdup.cocci.

 More information about semantic patching is available at
 http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <thomas@xxxxxxxx>
---

diff -u -p a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c 2010-09-13 07:01:17.513861341 +0200
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7770_osm.c 2011-08-01 21:15:57.315103668 +0200
@@ -85,10 +85,9 @@ aic7770_probe(struct device *dev)
 	int	error;
 
 	sprintf(buf, "ahc_eisa:%d", eisaBase >> 12);
-	name = kmalloc(strlen(buf) + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	name = kstrdup(buf, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return (ENOMEM);
-	strcpy(name, buf);
 	ahc = ahc_alloc(&aic7xxx_driver_template, name);
 	if (ahc == NULL)
 		return (ENOMEM);



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