linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] gpio: uapi: clarify the meaning of 'empty' char arrays

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Message-Id: <20201005070329.21055-6-warthog618@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon,  5 Oct 2020 15:03:29 +0800
From:   Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        bgolaszewski@...libre.com, linus.walleij@...aro.org
Cc:     Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] gpio: uapi: clarify the meaning of 'empty' char arrays

Clarify that a char array containing a string is considered 'empty' if
the first character is the null terminator. The remaining characters
are not relevant to this determination.

Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/gpio.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
index ad3f56dd87ec..2072c260f5d0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * struct gpiochip_info - Information about a certain GPIO chip
  * @name: the Linux kernel name of this GPIO chip
  * @label: a functional name for this GPIO chip, such as a product
- * number, may be empty
+ * number, may be empty (i.e. label[0] == '\0')
  * @lines: number of GPIO lines on this chip
  */
 struct gpiochip_info {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct gpio_v2_line_request {
  * struct gpio_v2_line_info - Information about a certain GPIO line
  * @name: the name of this GPIO line, such as the output pin of the line on
  * the chip, a rail or a pin header name on a board, as specified by the
- * GPIO chip, may be empty
+ * GPIO chip, may be empty (i.e. name[0] == '\0')
  * @consumer: a functional name for the consumer of this GPIO line as set
  * by whatever is using it, will be empty if there is no current user but
  * may also be empty if the consumer doesn't set this up
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ struct gpio_v2_line_event {
  * @flags: various flags for this line
  * @name: the name of this GPIO line, such as the output pin of the line on the
  * chip, a rail or a pin header name on a board, as specified by the gpio
- * chip, may be empty
+ * chip, may be empty (i.e. name[0] == '\0')
  * @consumer: a functional name for the consumer of this GPIO line as set by
  * whatever is using it, will be empty if there is no current user but may
  * also be empty if the consumer doesn't set this up
-- 
2.28.0