[PATCH] linux/string.h: Introduce streq macro.

[Thiago Farina]

This macro is arguably more readable than its variants:
- !strcmp(a, b)
- strcmp(a, b) == 0

Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina <tfransosi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Changes from v1 (Steven and Alexey review):
 - Convert from macro to static inline.
 - Remove the example.
 - Add the suggested comment by Steven.

 include/linux/string.h |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index a716ee2..d859bb2 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -134,6 +134,21 @@ extern ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
 			const void *from, size_t available);
 
 /**
+ * streq - Are two strings equal?
+ * @a: first string
+ * @b: second string
+ *
+ * Use: streq(a, b)
+ * Instead of: strcmp(a, b) == 0 or !strcmp(a, b)
+ *
+ * This makes the code more readable and less error prone.
+ */
+static inline int streq(const char *a, const char *b)
+{
+	return strcmp(a, b) == 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * strstarts - does @str start with @prefix?
  * @str: string to examine
  * @prefix: prefix to look for.
-- 
1.7.5.rc2.5.g60e19

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