linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] linux/string.h: Introduce streq macro.

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Message-ID: <20110426190531.GA4556@p183>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:05:31 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Thiago Farina <tfransosi@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux/string.h: Introduce streq macro.

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 03:49:49PM -0300, Thiago Farina wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/string.h
> +++ b/include/linux/string.h
> @@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ extern ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
>  			const void *from, size_t available);
>  
>  /**
> + * streq - Are two strings equal?
> + * @a: first string
> + * @b: second string
> + *
> + * Example:
> + *	if (streq(argv[1], "--help"))
> + *		printf("%s\n", "This help");
> + */

Oh, come on!
Next, you're going to explain if statement.

> +#define streq(a, b) (strcmp((a), (b)) == 0)

It should be inline function.
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