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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2019-09-25 16:46:13 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-09-25 17:51:39 -0700
commit917cda2790c4bd624c5191b8d9edd12121749e86 (patch)
tree72669d3bb43b95d0923eba7f5f0dd3804d2d0c01
parent6d2052d188d962ffb7ad3d413e6ffd5f276aec94 (diff)
downloadlinux-917cda2790c4bd624c5191b8d9edd12121749e86.tar.bz2
kernel-doc: core-api: include string.h into core-api
core-api should show all the various string functions including the newly added stracpy and stracpy_pad. Miscellanea: o Update the Returns: value for strscpy o fix a defect with %NUL) [joe@perches.com: correct return of -E2BIG descriptions] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/29f998b4c1a9d69fbeae70500ba0daa4b340c546.1563889130.git.joe@perches.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/224a6ebf39955f4107c0c376d66155d970e46733.1563841972.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> Cc: Nitin Gote <nitin.r.gote@intel.com> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@prevas.dk> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/string.h5
-rw-r--r--lib/string.c10
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
index 08af5caf036d..f77de49b1d51 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ String Manipulation
.. kernel-doc:: lib/string.c
:export:
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/string.h
+ :internal:
+
.. kernel-doc:: mm/util.c
:functions: kstrdup kstrdup_const kstrndup kmemdup kmemdup_nul memdup_user
vmemdup_user strndup_user memdup_user_nul
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 4deb11f7976b..b2f9df7f0761 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -474,8 +474,9 @@ static inline void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len,
* But this can lead to bugs due to typos, or if prefix is a pointer
* and not a constant. Instead use str_has_prefix().
*
- * Returns: 0 if @str does not start with @prefix
- strlen(@prefix) if @str does start with @prefix
+ * Returns:
+ * * strlen(@prefix) if @str starts with @prefix
+ * * 0 if @str does not start with @prefix
*/
static __always_inline size_t str_has_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
{
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 461fb620f85f..f7bc10da4259 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcpy);
* doesn't unnecessarily force the tail of the destination buffer to be
* zeroed. If zeroing is desired please use strscpy_pad().
*
- * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing
- * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough.
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
*/
ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{
@@ -253,8 +254,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy);
* For full explanation of why you may want to consider using the
* 'strscpy' functions please see the function docstring for strscpy().
*
- * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing
- * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough.
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
*/
ssize_t strscpy_pad(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{