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-rw-r--r--modutils/modutils.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/modutils/modutils.c b/modutils/modutils.c
index ff79d3f..84300d9 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils.c
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ int FAST_FUNC string_to_llist(char *string, llist_t **llist, const char *delim)
char* FAST_FUNC filename2modname(const char *filename, char *modname)
{
+ char local_modname[MODULE_NAME_LEN];
int i;
const char *from;
if (filename == NULL)
return NULL;
if (modname == NULL)
- modname = xmalloc(MODULE_NAME_LEN);
+ modname = local_modname;
// Disabled since otherwise "modprobe dir/name" would work
// as if it is "modprobe name". It is unclear why
// 'basenamization' was here in the first place.
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ char* FAST_FUNC filename2modname(const char *filename, char *modname)
modname[i] = (from[i] == '-') ? '_' : from[i];
modname[i] = '\0';
+ if (modname == local_modname)
+ return xstrdup(modname);
+
return modname;
}