kstrdup_const9

Conditionally duplicate an existing const string

Usage

const char * kstrdup_const(const char * s, gfp_t gfp);

Arguments

the string to duplicate

gfp

the GFP mask used in the kmalloc call when allocating memory

Overview

Function returns source string if it is in .rodata section otherwise it fallbacks to kstrdup. Strings allocated by kstrdup_const should be freed by kfree_const.