On 02/03/2017 10:49 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > kernelci.org reports a warning for this driver, as it copies a local > variable into a 'const char *' string: > > drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c:149:30: warning: passing argument 1 of > 'strncpy' discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type > [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers] > > Using kstrndup() simplifies the code and avoids the warning. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marek.va...@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c | 4 +--- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c > index f9fa3fad728e..2051f28ddac6 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/pmcmsp-flash.c > @@ -139,15 +139,13 @@ static int __init init_msp_flash(void) > } > > msp_maps[i].bankwidth = 1; > - msp_maps[i].name = kmalloc(7, GFP_KERNEL); > + msp_maps[i].name = kstrndup(flash_name, 7, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!msp_maps[i].name) { > iounmap(msp_maps[i].virt); > kfree(msp_parts[i]); > goto cleanup_loop; > } > > - msp_maps[i].name = strncpy(msp_maps[i].name, flash_name, 7); > - > for (j = 0; j < pcnt; j++) { > part_name[5] = '0' + i; > part_name[7] = '0' + j; > -- Best regards, Marek Vasut