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[v2,3/4] dmaengine: Add a comment on why it's okay when kasprintf() fails

Message ID 20241008173351.2246796-4-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series dmaengine: dma_request_chan*() amendments | expand

Commit Message

Andy Shevchenko Oct. 8, 2024, 5:27 p.m. UTC
Add a comment in dma_request_chan() to clarify kasprintf() missing return
value check and it is correct functionality.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index c1357d7f3dc6..dd4224d90f07 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -854,8 +854,8 @@  struct dma_chan *dma_request_chan(struct device *dev, const char *name)
 
 found:
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
-	chan->dbg_client_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%s", dev_name(dev),
-					  name);
+	chan->dbg_client_name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%s", dev_name(dev), name);
+	/* No functional issue if it fails, users are supposed to test before use */
 #endif
 
 	chan->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "dma:%s", name);