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[net-next,v2,1/3] string_helpers: Move string_is_valid() to the header

Message ID 20230206161314.15667-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series [net-next,v2,1/3] string_helpers: Move string_is_valid() to the header | expand

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Commit Message

Andy Shevchenko Feb. 6, 2023, 4:13 p.m. UTC 
Move string_is_valid() to the header for wider use.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
---
v2: added tag and updated subject (Simon)
 include/linux/string_helpers.h | 5 +++++
 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c      | 6 +-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Jakub Kicinski Feb. 8, 2023, 4:29 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon,  6 Feb 2023 18:13:12 +0200 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> +static inline bool string_is_valid(const char *s, int len)
> +{
> +	return memchr(s, '\0', len) ? true : false;
> +}

I was tempted to suggest adding a kdoc, but perhaps the function
doesn't have an obvious enough name? Maybe we should call the helper
string_is_terminated(), instead?
Andy Shevchenko Feb. 8, 2023, 11:15 a.m. UTC | #2 
On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 6:29 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Mon,  6 Feb 2023 18:13:12 +0200 Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > +static inline bool string_is_valid(const char *s, int len)
> > +{
> > +     return memchr(s, '\0', len) ? true : false;
> > +}
>
> I was tempted to suggest adding a kdoc, but perhaps the function
> doesn't have an obvious enough name? Maybe we should call the helper
> string_is_terminated(), instead?

Sure.
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diff --git a/include/linux/string_helpers.h b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
index 88fb8e1d0421..01c9a432865a 100644
--- a/include/linux/string_helpers.h
+++ b/include/linux/string_helpers.h
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@  struct device;
 struct file;
 struct task_struct;
 
+static inline bool string_is_valid(const char *s, int len)
+{
+	return memchr(s, '\0', len) ? true : false;
+}
+
 /* Descriptions of the types of units to
  * print in */
 enum string_size_units {
diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index dfea27a906f2..75186cd551a0 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ 
 #include "node.h"
 #include "net.h"
 #include <net/genetlink.h>
+#include <linux/string_helpers.h>
 #include <linux/tipc_config.h>
 
 /* The legacy API had an artificial message length limit called
@@ -173,11 +174,6 @@  static struct sk_buff *tipc_get_err_tlv(char *str)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-static inline bool string_is_valid(char *s, int len)
-{
-	return memchr(s, '\0', len) ? true : false;
-}
-
 static int __tipc_nl_compat_dumpit(struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_dump *cmd,
 				   struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg,
 				   struct sk_buff *arg)