Re: [PATCH] 2.5.47: strdup()

Olaf Dietsche (olaf.dietsche#list.linux-kernel@t-online.de)
Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:42:55 +0100


Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com> writes:

> Olaf Dietsche wrote:
>>
>> +char *strdup(const char *s)
>> +{
>> + char *p = kmalloc(strlen(s) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (p)
>> + strcpy(p, s);
>> +
>> + return p;
>> }
>
> It's best to not assume GFP_KERNEL in there. Make the caller
> pass in the required allocation mode.

Ok, here is my next try, trying to include your and the other
suggestions. As before, it compiles, but is untested.

Regards, Olaf.

diff -urN a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
--- a/include/linux/string.h Sat Oct 5 18:42:33 2002
+++ b/include/linux/string.h Sat Nov 16 16:23:40 2002
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@

#include <linux/types.h> /* for size_t */
#include <linux/stddef.h> /* for NULL */
+#include <linux/gfp.h> /* for GFP_KERNEL */

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
@@ -15,7 +16,11 @@
extern char * strpbrk(const char *,const char *);
extern char * strsep(char **,const char *);
extern __kernel_size_t strspn(const char *,const char *);
+extern void *kmemdup(const void *, size_t, int);

+static inline char *kstrdup(const char *s, int flags)
+ { return kmemdup(s, strlen(s) + 1, flags); }
+static inline char *strdup(const char *s) { return kstrdup(s, GFP_KERNEL); }

/*
* Include machine specific inline routines
diff -urN a/kernel/ksyms.c b/kernel/ksyms.c
--- a/kernel/ksyms.c Tue Nov 12 17:56:02 2002
+++ b/kernel/ksyms.c Sat Nov 16 16:26:37 2002
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnicmp);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(strspn);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(strsep);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup);

/* software interrupts */
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tasklet_init);
diff -urN a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
--- a/lib/string.c Sat Oct 5 18:42:33 2002
+++ b/lib/string.c Sat Nov 16 16:22:46 2002
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>

#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNICMP
/**
@@ -479,6 +480,20 @@
s1++;
}
return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_KMEMDUP
+/**
+ * kmemdup - allocate memory and duplicate a string
+ */
+void *kmemdup(const void *s, size_t n, int flags)
+{
+ void *p = kmalloc(n, flags);
+ if (p)
+ memcpy(p, s, n);
+
+ return p;
}
#endif

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