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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ppdev.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index fdd37543aa79..02abfddce45a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -287,12 +287,10 @@ static int register_device (int minor, struct pp_struct *pp)
 	char *name;
 	int fl;
 
-	name = kmalloc (strlen (CHRDEV) + 3, GFP_KERNEL);
+	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, CHRDEV "%x", minor);
 	if (name == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sprintf (name, CHRDEV "%x", minor);
-
 	port = parport_find_number (minor);
 	if (!port) {
 		printk (KERN_WARNING "%s: no associated port!\n", name);