linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] string_helpers: Move string_is

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Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2023 16:47:29 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dev@...nvswitch.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>,
        Jon Maloy <jmaloy@...hat.com>,
        Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] string_helpers: Move string_is_valid()
 to the header

On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 03:43:06PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 02:31:51PM CET, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> >Move string_is_valid() to the header for wider use.
> >
> >While at it, rename to string_is_terminated() to be
> >precise about its semantics.
> 
> While at it, you could drop the ternary operator and return memchr()
> directly.

Code generation will be the same, I won't modify too much the original,
the point of the change is just to have this helper to be available to
others.

> With or without it:
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

Thank you!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko