[PATCH] tpm: fix misc name memory problem

I was using invalid memory for the miscdevice.name.  This patch fixes the
problem which was manifested by an ugly entry in /proc/misc.

Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index 1156d11..854475c 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ void __devexit tpm_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 
        pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, NULL);
        misc_deregister(&chip->vendor->miscdev);
+       kfree(&chip->vendor->miscdev.name);
 
        sysfs_remove_group(&pci_dev->dev.kobj, chip->vendor->attr_group);
 
@@ -526,7 +527,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_pm_resume);
 int tpm_register_hardware(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
                          struct tpm_vendor_specific *entry)
 {
-       char devname[7];
+#define DEVNAME_SIZE 7
+
+       char *devname;
        struct tpm_chip *chip;
        int i, j;
 
@@ -569,7 +572,8 @@ dev_num_search_complete:
        else
                chip->vendor->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
 
-       snprintf(devname, sizeof(devname), "%s%d", "tpm", chip->dev_num);
+       devname = kmalloc(DEVNAME_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+       scnprintf(devname, DEVNAME_SIZE, "%s%d", "tpm", chip->dev_num);
        chip->vendor->miscdev.name = devname;
 
        chip->vendor->miscdev.dev = &(pci_dev->dev);