Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] lib/string.c: add __sysfs_match_string_with_gaps() helper

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Dec 22 2020 - 06:11:53 EST


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