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

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Date:	Thu,  4 Feb 2016 13:00:42 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>,
	Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] lib: add "on"/"off" support to kstrtobool

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)
 	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