It's more useful to return the original string with strreplace(), so it may be used like attr->name = strreplace(name, '/', '_'); While at it, amend the kernel documentation. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/string.h | 2 +- lib/string_helpers.c | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h index a7bff7ed3cb0..cb0c24ce0826 100644 --- a/include/linux/string.h +++ b/include/linux/string.h @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline void memcpy_flushcache(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt) #endif void *memchr_inv(const void *s, int c, size_t n); -char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new); +char *strreplace(char *str, char old, char new); extern void kfree_const(const void *x); diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c index 230020a2e076..ab7b1577cbcf 100644 --- a/lib/string_helpers.c +++ b/lib/string_helpers.c @@ -979,14 +979,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sysfs_match_string); /** * strreplace - Replace all occurrences of character in string. - * @s: The string to operate on. + * @str: The string to operate on. * @old: The character being replaced. * @new: The character @old is replaced with. * - * Returns pointer to the nul byte at the end of @s. + * Replaces the each @old character with a @new one in the given string @str. + * + * Return: pointer to the original string @str. */ -char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new) +char *strreplace(char *str, char old, char new) { + char *s = str; + for (; *s; ++s) if (*s == old) *s = new; -- 2.40.0.1.gaa8946217a0b