linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/kstrtox.c: Add "false"/"true" support to kstrtobool()

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Message-ID: <Ymldp7E3j29iVlMN@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:13:43 +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,
        willy@...radead.org, ying.huang@...el.com, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com, adobriyan@...il.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rf@...nsource.cirrus.com,
        pmladek@...e.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/kstrtox.c: Add "false"/"true" support to
 kstrtobool()

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:32:02PM +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

corresponding

> 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
> currently it doesn't have support to accept "false"/"true".
> 
> Add support to accept "false"/"true" as valid string in kstrtobool().

Andrew, this patch still needs a bit of work.

> Signed-off-by: Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@...ux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> ---
> Chnages in v2:
> - kstrtobool to kstrtobool() in commit message.
> - Split single patch into 2
> - Remove strcmp usage from kstrtobool() and instead compare 1st
>   character only.
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - Covert -> Convert in patch 2 subject
> - Collected Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> 
>  lib/kstrtox.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/kstrtox.c b/lib/kstrtox.c
> index 886510d248e5..465e31e4d70d 100644
> --- a/lib/kstrtox.c
> +++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
> @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtos8);
>   * @s: input string
>   * @res: result
>   *
> - * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0', or
> + * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'YyTt1NnFf0', or

s/if/iff/ please. It's _not_ a typo!

>   * [oO][NnFf] for "on" and "off". Otherwise it will return -EINVAL.  Value
>   * pointed to by res is updated upon finding a match.
>   */
> @@ -353,11 +353,15 @@ int kstrtobool(const char *s, bool *res)
>  	switch (s[0]) {
>  	case 'y':
>  	case 'Y':
> +	case 't':
> +	case 'T':
>  	case '1':
>  		*res = true;
>  		return 0;
>  	case 'n':
>  	case 'N':
> +	case 'f':
> +	case 'F':
>  	case '0':
>  		*res = false;
>  		return 0;
> -- 
> 2.35.1
> 

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko