linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] lib/string_helpers et al.: Change return value of strreplace()

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Message-ID: <ZC2H8ODMwoO5hzZG@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 17:38:40 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@...el.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] lib/string_helpers et al.: Change return value of
 strreplace()

On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 04:24:42PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 04:34:31PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 02:37:01PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > It's more convenient to have strreplace() to return the pointer to
> > >  the string itself. This will help users to make their code better.
> > > 
> > > The patch 1 kills the only user of the returned value of strreplace(),
> > > Patch 2 converts the return value of strreplace(). And patch 3 shows
> > > how it may be useful. That said, the series can be routed via fs tree,
> > > with or without the last patch.
> > 
> > Since there are no comments, who can apply this (patches 1 and 2)?
> > Greg, are you fine with the kobject change?
> 
> Sure, want me to take them all through my driver-core tree?

Fine by me! Dunno about others. Kees?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko