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authorAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>2025-02-05 16:57:11 +0200
committerVinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>2025-02-10 16:28:53 +0530
commit1722fb4a1307748f983c1345c4c24178d8e0be47 (patch)
tree5d2429e1c6b071e0d0dabe2bdeca75d5d655396d
parent1c83d3dfa0905590408595560629627cba4f9261 (diff)
dmaengine: Add a comment on why it's okay when kasprintf() fails
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> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250205145757.889247-4-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/dma/dmaengine.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
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);