On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 05:18:38PM +0200, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > Hi > > I'd like to ask why is this needed. AFAIK, none of the allowed targets use > ',' on their table line. ',' and ';' are both legal characters in DM names and UUIDs, although I can't think of a good reason why anyone would want to use them. -Ben > > Mikulas > > > On Thu, 13 Jun 2024, Abhinav Jain wrote: > > > Remove all the escape characters that come before separator. > > Tested this code by writing a dummy program containing the two > > functions and testing it on below input, sharing results: > > > > Original string: "field1\,with\,commas,field2\,with\,more\,commas" > > Field: "field1" > > Field: "with" > > Field: "commas" > > Field: "field2" > > Field: "with" > > Field: "more" > > Field: "commas" > > > > Signed-off-by: Abhinav Jain <jain.abhinav177@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > PATCH v1: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240609141721.52344-1-jain.abhinav177@xxxxxxxxx/ > > > > Changes since v1: > > - Modified the str_field_delimit function as per shared feedback > > - Added remove_escaped_characters function > > --- > > --- > > drivers/md/dm-init.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > > 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-init.c b/drivers/md/dm-init.c > > index 2a71bcdba92d..0e31ecf1b48e 100644 > > --- a/drivers/md/dm-init.c > > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-init.c > > @@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ static void __init dm_setup_cleanup(struct list_head *devices) > > } > > } > > > > +/* Remove escape characters from a given field string. */ > > +static void __init remove_escape_characters(char *field) > > +{ > > + char *src = field; > > + char *dest = field; > > + > > + while (*src) { > > + if (*src == '\\') { > > + src++; > > + if (*src) > > + *dest++ = *src++; > > + } else { > > + *dest++ = *src++; > > + } > > + } > > + *dest = '\0'; > > +} > > + > > /** > > * str_field_delimit - delimit a string based on a separator char. > > * @str: the pointer to the string to delimit. > > @@ -87,16 +105,39 @@ static void __init dm_setup_cleanup(struct list_head *devices) > > */ > > static char __init *str_field_delimit(char **str, char separator) > > { > > - char *s; > > + char *s, *escaped, *field; > > > > - /* TODO: add support for escaped characters */ > > *str = skip_spaces(*str); > > s = strchr(*str, separator); > > - /* Delimit the field and remove trailing spaces */ > > - if (s) > > + > > + /* Check for escaped character */ > > + escaped = strchr(*str, '\\'); > > + while (escaped && (s == NULL || escaped < s)) { > > + /* > > + * Move the separator search ahead if escaped > > + * character comes before. > > + */ > > + s = strchr(escaped + 1, separator); > > + escaped = strchr(escaped + 1, '\\'); > > + } > > + > > + /* If we found a separator, we need to handle escape characters */ > > + if (s) { > > + *s = '\0'; > > + > > + remove_escape_characters(*str); > > + field = *str; > > + *str = s + 1; > > + } else { > > + /* Handle the last field when no separator is present */ > > + s = *str + strlen(*str); > > *s = '\0'; > > - *str = strim(*str); > > - return s ? ++s : NULL; > > + > > + remove_escape_characters(*str); > > + field = *str; > > + *str = s; > > + } > > + return field; > > } > > > > /** > > -- > > 2.34.1 > >