VFS frequently performs duplication of strings located in read-only memory section. Replacing kstrdup by kstrdup_const allows to avoid such operations.
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.ha...@samsung.com> --- fs/namespace.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index cd1e968..6dae553 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static struct mount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name) goto out_free_cache; if (name) { - mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL); + mnt->mnt_devname = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL); if (!mnt->mnt_devname) goto out_free_id; } @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static struct mount *alloc_vfsmnt(const char *name) #ifdef CONFIG_SMP out_free_devname: - kfree(mnt->mnt_devname); + kfree_const(mnt->mnt_devname); #endif out_free_id: mnt_free_id(mnt); @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ int sb_prepare_remount_readonly(struct super_block *sb) static void free_vfsmnt(struct mount *mnt) { - kfree(mnt->mnt_devname); + kfree_const(mnt->mnt_devname); #ifdef CONFIG_SMP free_percpu(mnt->mnt_pcp); #endif -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/