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-rw-r--r--drivers/parport/share.c15
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/parport/share.c b/drivers/parport/share.c
index 2d46b1d4fd69..8037bcd07bcf 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/share.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/share.c
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ struct parport *parport_register_port(unsigned long base, int irq, int dma,
struct parport *tmp;
int num;
int device;
- char *name;
int ret;
tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct parport), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -467,11 +466,6 @@ struct parport *parport_register_port(unsigned long base, int irq, int dma,
atomic_set(&tmp->ref_count, 1);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->full_list);
- name = kmalloc(PARPORT_NAME_MAX_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!name) {
- kfree(tmp);
- return NULL;
- }
/* Search for the lowest free parport number. */
spin_lock(&full_list_lock);
@@ -487,11 +481,14 @@ struct parport *parport_register_port(unsigned long base, int irq, int dma,
/*
* Now that the portnum is known finish doing the Init.
*/
- sprintf(name, "parport%d", tmp->portnum = tmp->number);
- tmp->name = name;
+ tmp->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "parport%d", tmp->portnum);
+ if (!tmp->name) {
+ kfree(tmp);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ dev_set_name(&tmp->bus_dev, tmp->name);
tmp->bus_dev.bus = &parport_bus_type;
tmp->bus_dev.release = free_port;
- dev_set_name(&tmp->bus_dev, name);
tmp->bus_dev.type = &parport_device_type;
for (device = 0; device < 5; device++)