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author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2020-03-03 16:40:54 -0800 |
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committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2020-03-03 16:40:56 -0800 |
commit | 820d15632ec10bc0cf79595c5a635b795d149520 (patch) | |
tree | 9deb7defafc350a3c74365ebe370634f0406d821 /lib/string.c | |
parent | 0b86b258e644c5f547005654cde0913d9e2ab5bc (diff) | |
parent | 8c867387160e89c9ffd12459f38e56844312a7a7 (diff) |
Merge tag 'socfpga_dts_fix_for_v5.6_v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dinguyen/linux into arm/fixes
arm64: dts: agilex: fix gmac compatible
- The compatible for Agilex GMAC should be "altr,socfpga-stmmac-a10-s10"
* tag 'socfpga_dts_fix_for_v5.6_v2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dinguyen/linux: (578 commits)
arm64: dts: socfpga: agilex: Fix gmac compatible
Linux 5.6-rc4
KVM: VMX: check descriptor table exits on instruction emulation
ext4: potential crash on allocation error in ext4_alloc_flex_bg_array()
macintosh: therm_windtunnel: fix regression when instantiating devices
jbd2: fix data races at struct journal_head
kvm: x86: Limit the number of "kvm: disabled by bios" messages
KVM: x86: avoid useless copy of cpufreq policy
KVM: allow disabling -Werror
KVM: x86: allow compiling as non-module with W=1
KVM: Pre-allocate 1 cpumask variable per cpu for both pv tlb and pv ipis
KVM: Introduce pv check helpers
KVM: let declaration of kvm_get_running_vcpus match implementation
KVM: SVM: allocate AVIC data structures based on kvm_amd module parameter
MAINTAINERS: Correct Cadence PCI driver path
io_uring: fix 32-bit compatability with sendmsg/recvmsg
net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix masking of egress port
mlxsw: pci: Wait longer before accessing the device after reset
sfc: fix timestamp reconstruction at 16-bit rollover points
vsock: fix potential deadlock in transport->release()
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200303153509.28248-1-dinguyen@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/string.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/string.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c index f607b967d978..6012c385fb31 100644 --- a/lib/string.c +++ b/lib/string.c @@ -699,6 +699,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq); * @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays * @string: string to match with * + * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the + * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element. + * + * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that + * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction + * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR + * the first NULL element was found. + * * Return: * index of a @string in the @array if matches, or %-EINVAL otherwise. */ @@ -727,6 +735,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_string); * * Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string(). * Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching. + * + * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the + * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element. + * + * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that + * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction + * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR + * the first NULL element was found. */ int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str) { |