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authorAlexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>2020-02-20 20:04:21 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-02-21 11:22:15 -0800
commitc11d3fa0116a6bc832a9e387427caa16f8de5ef2 (patch)
tree8efee1cd0afd84cb0dbd76db4a8b5047ea1a9689 /lib/string.c
parent75866af62b439859d5146b7093ceb6b482852683 (diff)
downloadlinux-c11d3fa0116a6bc832a9e387427caa16f8de5ef2.tar.bz2
lib/string.c: update match_string() doc-strings with correct behavior
There were a few attempts at changing behavior of the match_string() helpers (i.e. 'match_string()' & 'sysfs_match_string()'), to change & extend the behavior according to the doc-string. But the simplest approach is to just fix the doc-strings. The current behavior is fine as-is, and some bugs were introduced trying to fix it. As for extending the behavior, new helpers can always be introduced if needed. The match_string() helpers behave more like 'strncmp()' in the sense that they go up to n elements or until the first NULL element in the array of strings. This change updates the doc-strings with this info. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200213072722.8249-1-alexandru.ardelean@analog.com Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com> Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: "Tobin C . Harding" <tobin@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index f607b967d978..6012c385fb31 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -699,6 +699,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
* @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
* @string: string to match with
*
+ * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the
+ * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element.
+ *
+ * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that
+ * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction
+ * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR
+ * the first NULL element was found.
+ *
* Return:
* index of a @string in the @array if matches, or %-EINVAL otherwise.
*/
@@ -727,6 +735,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_string);
*
* Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string().
* Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching.
+ *
+ * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the
+ * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element.
+ *
+ * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that
+ * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction
+ * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR
+ * the first NULL element was found.
*/
int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str)
{