Re: [PATCH] Use existing helper to convert "on/off" to boolean

[Minfei Huang]

On 04/29/16 at 02:21P, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:47:04 +0800 Minfei Huang <mnghuan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > It's more convenient to use existing function helper to convert string
> > "on/off" to boolean.
> > 
> > ...
> >
> > --- a/lib/kstrtox.c
> > +++ b/lib/kstrtox.c
> > @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrtos8);
> >   * @s: input string
> >   * @res: result
> >   *
> > - * This routine returns 0 iff the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0', or
> > + * This routine returns 0 if the first character is one of 'Yy1Nn0', or
> 
> That isn't actually a typo.  "iff" is shorthand for "if and only if". 
> ie: kstrtobool() will not return 0 in any other case.
> 
> Use of "iff" is a bit pretentious but I guess it does convey some
> conceivably useful info.
> 

Got it. Thanks for your explanation.

Thanks
Minfei