Re: [RFC] [QUESTION] Stuff to do for string

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 05:28:39PM +0100, Josh Law wrote:
> On 22 April 2026 17:12:37 BST, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 03:57:16PM +0100, Josh Law wrote:
> >> Hello, (this is my first RFC, so maybe cc is bad, but yeah)
> >> 
> >> What do you guys have planned/would like me to have a look at doing in
> >> lib/string.c
> >> 
> >> I am home from school so I am virtually free
> >
> >Arbitrary things that came to my mind (no particular order)
> >
> >- Get rid of strlcat()
> 
> Yeah, I'm working on that actually :D, privately, I sorta stopped cuz i
> thought kees was gonna do that, if not, not issue!
> 
> >- Clean up include/linux/string.h
> >  a) drop extern for functions
> >  b) put the headers it includes into an order and follow IWYU
> 
> Hmm, yeah, I see it's kind of a mess (in a polite way) 
> 
> >- kill memscan() in favour of memchr() / memchr_inv()
> 
> Hmm, maybe, is there a crazy amount of files that call memscan()?

You can find an answer yourself. The daily-basis kill feature tool is
`git grep ...`.

> I'll also (try ;), yk, school :( ) to review patches for your file. Ig
> it's the best I do for you lot right now, (I am starting to review most
> if not all patches in lib), e.g:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/AA9B2A7E-A88D-457C-8244-50087631B347@xxxxxxxxx
> :)

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko