[PATCH] drm/i915/display: Remove kstrdup_const() and kfree_const() usage

Christophe JAILLET christophe.jaillet at wanadoo.fr
Thu Oct 3 17:41:08 UTC 2024


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 <christophe.jaillet at wanadoo.fr>
---
 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;
 }
-- 
2.46.2



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