From 5367156172a5f30ce57f3f99d1a78dfcea0d2ab7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe JAILLET Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 19:41:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] drm/i915/display: Remove kstrdup_const() and kfree_const() usage kstrdup_const() and kfree_const() can be confusing in code built as a module. In such a case, it does not do what one could expect from the name of the functions. The code is not wrong by itself, but in such a case, it is equivalent to kstrdup() and kfree(). So, keep thinks simple and straightforward. This reverts commit 379b63e7e682 ("drm/i915/display: Save a few bytes of memory in intel_backlight_device_register()") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/f82be2ee3ac7d18dd9982b5368a88a5bf2aeb777.1727977199.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c index 9e05745d797d..3f81a726cc7d 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_backlight.c @@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ int intel_backlight_device_register(struct intel_connector *connector) else props.power = BACKLIGHT_POWER_OFF; - name = kstrdup_const("intel_backlight", GFP_KERNEL); + name = kstrdup("intel_backlight", GFP_KERNEL); if (!name) return -ENOMEM; @@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ int intel_backlight_device_register(struct intel_connector *connector) * compatibility. Use unique names for subsequent backlight devices as a * fallback when the default name already exists. */ - kfree_const(name); + kfree(name); name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "card%d-%s-backlight", i915->drm.primary->index, connector->base.name); if (!name) @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ int intel_backlight_device_register(struct intel_connector *connector) connector->base.base.id, connector->base.name, name); out: - kfree_const(name); + kfree(name); return ret; } -- 2.25.1