Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] wcslen() prototype in string.h

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Mar 25 2025 - 12:19:47 EST


On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 08:45:19AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> If this is desired, it should be squashed into the previous change. I
> wrote it separately because it is slightly more invasive.
>
> In order to export wcslen() to the rest of the kernel (should it ever be
> necessary elsewhere), it needs to be added to string.h, along with nls.h
> for the typedef of wchar_t. However, dragging in nls.h into string.h
> causes an error in the efistub due to a conflicting function name:
>
> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/printk.c:27:5: error: static declaration of 'utf8_to_utf32' follows non-static declaration
> 27 | u32 utf8_to_utf32(const u8 **s8)
> | ^
> include/linux/nls.h:55:12: note: previous declaration is here
> 55 | extern int utf8_to_utf32(const u8 *s, int len, unicode_t *pu);
> | ^
> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/printk.c:85:26: error: too few arguments to function call, expected 3, have 1
> 85 | c32 = utf8_to_utf32(&s8);
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
> include/linux/nls.h:55:12: note: 'utf8_to_utf32' declared here
> 55 | extern int utf8_to_utf32(const u8 *s, int len, unicode_t *pu);
> | ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 2 errors generated.
>
> Rename the efi function to avoid the conflict.

Hmm... Why not split this to two, rename patch as a standalone makes sense to
me even outside of this series.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko