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-rw-r--r--lib/dynamic_debug.c15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index dbf2b457e47e..8274c4ea75e0 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -847,17 +847,17 @@ int ddebug_add_module(struct _ddebug *tab, unsigned int n,
const char *name)
{
struct ddebug_table *dt;
- const char *new_name;
dt = kzalloc(sizeof(*dt), GFP_KERNEL);
if (dt == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- new_name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (new_name == NULL) {
- kfree(dt);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
- dt->mod_name = new_name;
+ /*
+ * For built-in modules, name lives in .rodata and is
+ * immortal. For loaded modules, name points at the name[]
+ * member of struct module, which lives at least as long as
+ * this struct ddebug_table.
+ */
+ dt->mod_name = name;
dt->num_ddebugs = n;
dt->ddebugs = tab;
@@ -913,7 +913,6 @@ int ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb(char *param, char *val, const char *module)
static void ddebug_table_free(struct ddebug_table *dt)
{
list_del_init(&dt->link);
- kfree_const(dt->mod_name);
kfree(dt);
}