linux-kernel - [PATCH] lib-add-on-off-support-to-kstrtobool fix

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Message-ID: <20160204231117.GA7141@www.outflux.net>
Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 15:11:17 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] lib-add-on-off-support-to-kstrtobool fix

Accidentally dropped description update when shuffling strtobool around.

Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 lib/kstrtox.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kstrtox.c b/lib/kstrtox.c
index 09e83a19a96d..4765ed9a0690 100644
--- a/lib/kstrtox.c
+++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtos8);
  * @base: ignored
  * @res: result
  *
- * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0'.
- * Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value pointed to by res is
- * updated upon finding a match.
+ * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0', or
+ * [oO][NnFf] for "on" and "off". Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value
+ * pointed to by res is updated upon finding a match.
  */
 int kstrtobool(const char *s, unsigned int base, bool *res)
 {
-- 
2.6.3


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security