linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] lib: add "on"/"off" support to kstrtobool

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Date:	Fri, 5 Feb 2016 01:00:30 +0200
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] lib: add "on"/"off" support to kstrtobool

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 11:00 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> Add support for "on" and "off" when converting to boolean.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  lib/kstrtox.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/kstrtox.c b/lib/kstrtox.c
> index e18f088704d7..09e83a19a96d 100644
> --- a/lib/kstrtox.c
> +++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
> @@ -347,6 +347,20 @@ int kstrtobool(const char *s, unsigned int base, bool *res)

Forgot update description?

>         case '0':
>                 *res = false;
>                 return 0;
> +       case 'o':
> +       case 'O':
> +               switch (s[1]) {
> +               case 'n':
> +               case 'N':
> +                       *res = true;
> +                       return 0;
> +               case 'f':
> +               case 'F':
> +                       *res = false;
> +                       return 0;
> +               default:
> +                       break;
> +               }
>         default:
>                 break;
>         }
> --
> 2.6.3
>



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko