linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lib/kstrtox.c: Add "false"/"true" support to kstrtobool

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Message-ID: <YmfzJVPng1U8X+jV@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:27:01 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        ying.huang@...el.com, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Richard Fitzgerald <rf@...nsource.cirrus.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib/kstrtox.c: Add "false"/"true" support to
 kstrtobool

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 12:10:01PM +0530, Jagdish Gediya wrote:
> At many places in kernel, It is necessary to convert sysfs input
> to corrosponding bool value e.g. "false" or "0" need to be converted
> to bool false, "true" or "1" need to be converted to bool true,
> places where such conversion is needed currently check the input
> string manually, kstrtobool can be utilized at such places but

kstrtobool()

> currently kstrtobool doesn't have support to "false"/"true".


Ditto.

> Add "false"/"true" support to kstrtobool while string conversion

Ditto.

> to bool. Modify existing manual sysfs conversions to use kstrtobool().

> This patch doesn't have any functionality change.

> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@...nsource.cirrus.com>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

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...

>  lib/kstrtox.c   | 7 +++++++
>  mm/migrate.c    | 6 +-----
>  mm/swap_state.c | 6 +-----

Please, split to two.
Also Documentation update is missed.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko