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Date:   Thu, 4 May 2023 17:38:27 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To:     "Peng Fan (OSS)" <peng.fan@oss.nxp.com>
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        Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devres: provide API devm_kstrndup
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On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 03:57:54PM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>
> 
> This patch introduces devm_kstrndup API so that the
> device's driver can allocate memory and copy string.

...

> +char *devm_kstrndup(struct device *dev, const char *s, size_t max, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> +	size_t len;
> +	char *buf;
> +
> +	if (!s)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	len = strnlen(s, max);

> +	buf = devm_kmalloc(dev, len + 1, gfp);
> +	if (buf) {
> +		memcpy(buf, s, len);

besides this to be open coded devm_kmemdup()

> +		buf[len] = '\0';
> +	}
> +	return buf;
> +}

you can always use devm_add_action_or_reset() for a single user before
we introduce a new wide API.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko