Clock subsystem 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>
---
 drivers/clk/clk.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index f4963b7..27e644a 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct 
clk_hw *hw)
                goto fail_out;
        }
 
-       clk->name = kstrdup(hw->init->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+       clk->name = kstrdup_const(hw->init->name, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!clk->name) {
                pr_err("%s: could not allocate clk->name\n", __func__);
                ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct 
clk_hw *hw)
 
        /* copy each string name in case parent_names is __initdata */
        for (i = 0; i < clk->num_parents; i++) {
-               clk->parent_names[i] = kstrdup(hw->init->parent_names[i],
+               clk->parent_names[i] = kstrdup_const(hw->init->parent_names[i],
                                                GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!clk->parent_names[i]) {
                        pr_err("%s: could not copy parent_names\n", __func__);
@@ -2090,10 +2090,10 @@ struct clk *clk_register(struct device *dev, struct 
clk_hw *hw)
 
 fail_parent_names_copy:
        while (--i >= 0)
-               kfree(clk->parent_names[i]);
+               kfree_const(clk->parent_names[i]);
        kfree(clk->parent_names);
 fail_parent_names:
-       kfree(clk->name);
+       kfree_const(clk->name);
 fail_name:
        kfree(clk);
 fail_out:
@@ -2112,10 +2112,10 @@ static void __clk_release(struct kref *ref)
 
        kfree(clk->parents);
        while (--i >= 0)
-               kfree(clk->parent_names[i]);
+               kfree_const(clk->parent_names[i]);
 
        kfree(clk->parent_names);
-       kfree(clk->name);
+       kfree_const(clk->name);
        kfree(clk);
 }
 
-- 
1.9.1

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