Re: [PATCH 1/2] binder: use kstrdup() in binderfs_binder_device_create()
From: Tiffany Yang
Date: Thu Jun 26 2025 - 13:31:00 EST
Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In 'binderfs_binder_device_create()', use 'kstrdup()' to copy the
> newly created device's name, thus making the former a bit simpler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/android/binderfs.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
> index 024275dbfdd8..4f827152d18e 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
> @@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ static int binderfs_binder_device_create(struct inode *ref_inode,
> struct dentry *dentry, *root;
> struct binder_device *device;
> char *name = NULL;
> - size_t name_len;
> struct inode *inode = NULL;
> struct super_block *sb = ref_inode->i_sb;
> struct binderfs_info *info = sb->s_fs_info;
> @@ -161,9 +160,7 @@ static int binderfs_binder_device_create(struct inode *ref_inode,
> inode->i_gid = info->root_gid;
>
> req->name[BINDERFS_MAX_NAME] = '\0'; /* NUL-terminate */
> - name_len = strlen(req->name);
> - /* Make sure to include terminating NUL byte */
> - name = kmemdup(req->name, name_len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> + name = kstrdup(req->name, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!name)
> goto err;
Reviewed-by: Tiffany Y. Yang <ynaffit@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Tiffany Y. Yang