linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/string_helpers: clarify esc arg in string_escape

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:30:40 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
	James Bottomley <JBottomley@...n.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/string_helpers: clarify esc arg in string_escape_mem

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Rasmus Villemoes
<linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24 2015, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
>> The esc argument is used to reduce which characters will be escaped.
>> For example, using " " with ESCAPE_SPACE will not produce any escaped
>> spaces.
>>
>
> Yeah, I've been confused by this more than once - the old description
> and the parameter name suggest that the esc string contains additional
> characters to escape, not the other way around.
>
> Could we also rename the parameter 'only' or something like that? In any
> case,

Oh! Yeah, good idea. That would help clarify it even more. I'll send this.

>
> Acked-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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