linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv13,1/3] lib/string: add sysfs_match

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Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2016 09:29:16 +0200
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv13,1/3] lib/string: add sysfs_match_string helper

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 03:54:45PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > +int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str)
> > +{
> > +	const char *item;
> > +	int index;
> > +
> > +	for (index = 0; index < n; index++) {
> > +		item = array[index];
> > +		if (!item)
> > +			break;
> > +		if (!sysfs_streq(item, str))
> 
> No idea how this slipped in: sysfs_streq() returns true on a match,
> meaning the "!" here is wrong.

Good catch. Thanks Guenter.

-- 
heikki