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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>
Cc: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	jic23@kernel.org, lars@metafoo.de, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	andy.shevchenko@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] lib/string.c: add __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps() helper
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:12:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <X+HUmERYPLyM+oz5@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201222095210.61897-1-alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 11:52:09AM +0200, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> The original docstring of the __sysfs_match_string() and match_string()
> helper, implied that -1 could be used to search through NULL terminated
> arrays, and positive 'n' can be used to go through arrays that may have
> NULL elements in the middle of the array.
> 
> This isn't true. Regardless of the value of 'n', the first NULL element in
> the array.

I can not parse this last sentence, is it missing something?

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-12-22 11:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-22  9:52 [PATCH v5 1/2] lib/string.c: add __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps() helper Alexandru Ardelean
2020-12-22  9:52 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] iio: Handle enumerated properties with gaps Alexandru Ardelean
2020-12-22 11:12 ` Greg KH [this message]
2020-12-22 13:00   ` [PATCH v5 1/2] lib/string.c: add __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps() helper Alexandru Ardelean

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