For built-in modules, we're already reusing the passed-in string via
kstrdup_const(). But for actual modules (i.e. when we're called from
dynamic_debug_setup in module.c), the passed-in string (which points at
the name[] array inside struct module) is also guaranteed to live at
least as long as the struct ddebug_table, since free_module() calls
ddebug_remove_module().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190212214150.4807-6-linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Acked-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
const char *name)
{
struct ddebug_table *dt;
- const char *new_name;
dt = kzalloc(sizeof(*dt), GFP_KERNEL);
if (dt == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- new_name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (new_name == NULL) {
- kfree(dt);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
- dt->mod_name = new_name;
+ /*
+ * For built-in modules, name lives in .rodata and is
+ * immortal. For loaded modules, name points at the name[]
+ * member of struct module, which lives at least as long as
+ * this struct ddebug_table.
+ */
+ dt->mod_name = name;
dt->num_ddebugs = n;
dt->ddebugs = tab;
static void ddebug_table_free(struct ddebug_table *dt)
{
list_del_init(&dt->link);
- kfree_const(dt->mod_name);
kfree(dt);
}