linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] modpost: remove use of non-standard strsep() in HOSTCC code

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Date:   Wed,  1 Jul 2020 08:18:27 +0200
From:   "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        letux-kernel@...nphoenux.org,
        "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] modpost: remove use of non-standard strsep() in HOSTCC code

strsep() is neither standard C nor POSIX and used outside
the kernel code here. Using it here requires that the
build host supports it out of the box which is e.g.
not true for a Darwin build host and using a cross-compiler.
This leads to:

scripts/mod/modpost.c:145:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'strsep' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
  return strsep(stringp, "\n");
  ^

and a segfault when running MODPOST.

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7219504

So let's replace this by strchr() instead of using strsep().
It does not hurt kernel size or speed since this code is run
on the build host.

Fixes: ac5100f5432967 ("modpost: add read_text_file() and get_line() helpers")
Co-developed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@...delico.com>
---
 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 6aea65c657454..45f2ab2ec2d46 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -138,11 +138,19 @@ char *read_text_file(const char *filename)
 
 char *get_line(char **stringp)
 {
+	char *orig = *stringp, *next;
+
 	/* do not return the unwanted extra line at EOF */
-	if (*stringp && **stringp == '\0')
+	if (!orig || *orig == '\0')
 		return NULL;
 
-	return strsep(stringp, "\n");
+	next = strchr(orig, '\n');
+	if (next)
+		*next++ = '\0';
+
+	*stringp = next;
+
+	return orig;
 }
 
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-- 
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