[PATCH] perf/thunderx2: Replace devm_kasprintf() call by devm_kstrdup() in tx2_uncore_pmu_register()

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Wed Apr 16 2025 - 11:29:40 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:15:54 +0200

Use a devm_kstrdup() call instead of a devm_kasprintf() call
in this function implementation because only a single string
should be copied.

The source code was transformed by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c
index 6ed4707bd6bb..f0d7d1f9948a 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c
@@ -736,9 +736,7 @@ static int tx2_uncore_pmu_register(
.capabilities = PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE,
};

- tx2_pmu->pmu.name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL,
- "%s", name);
-
+ tx2_pmu->pmu.name = devm_kstrdup(dev, name, GFP_KERNEL);
return perf_pmu_register(&tx2_pmu->pmu, tx2_pmu->pmu.name, -1);
}

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2.49.0