Merge tag 'v3.15' into next

Linux 3.15

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index 545c4de412c..db4e264eecb 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -791,6 +791,32 @@ void * devm_kmalloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_kmalloc);
 
 /**
+ * devm_kstrdup - Allocate resource managed space and
+ *                copy an existing string into that.
+ * @dev: Device to allocate memory for
+ * @s: the string to duplicate
+ * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the devm_kmalloc() call when
+ *       allocating memory
+ * RETURNS:
+ * Pointer to allocated string on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+char *devm_kstrdup(struct device *dev, const char *s, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	size_t size;
+	char *buf;
+
+	if (!s)
+		return NULL;
+
+	size = strlen(s) + 1;
+	buf = devm_kmalloc(dev, size, gfp);
+	if (buf)
+		memcpy(buf, s, size);
+	return buf;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_kstrdup);
+
+/**
  * devm_kfree - Resource-managed kfree
  * @dev: Device this memory belongs to
  * @p: Memory to free