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

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Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:39:01 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jagdish Gediya <jvgediya@...ux.ibm.com>,
        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,
        rf@...nsource.cirrus.com, pmladek@...e.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] lib/kstrtox.c: Add "false"/"true" support to
 kstrtobool()

On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:13:43 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> 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.

I fixed the two issues you identified in this email.  Is there more to do?