Re: [PATCH v2 17/22] drivers/base: Make device_find_child_by_name() compatible with sysfs inputs

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 09:27:37AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Use sysfs_streq() in device_find_child_by_name() to allow it to use a
> sysfs input string that might contain a trailing newline.
> 
> The other "device by name" interfaces,
> {bus,driver,class}_find_device_by_name(), already account for sysfs
> strings.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 67d39a90b45c..5d31b962c898 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ struct device *device_find_child_by_name(struct device *parent,
>  
>  	klist_iter_init(&parent->p->klist_children, &i);
>  	while ((child = next_device(&i)))
> -		if (!strcmp(dev_name(child), name) && get_device(child))
> +		if (sysfs_streq(dev_name(child), name) && get_device(child))

Who wants to call this function with a name passed from userspace?

Not objecting to it, just curious...

thanks,

greg k-h