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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 78280380a905..6b634e8d9519 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
{
action_fn fn = (action_fn) kp->arg;
int rv = 0;
- char *dup, *s;
+ char valcp[16];
+ char *s;
- dup = kstrdup(val, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!dup)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ strncpy(valcp, val, 16);
+ valcp[15] = '\0';
- s = strstrip(dup);
+ s = strstrip(valcp);
down_read(&register_sem);
rv = fn(s, NULL);
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ static int set_param_str(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
out_unlock:
up_read(&register_sem);
- kfree(dup);
return rv;
}
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