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: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 2169c5132558..231189dd6599 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -3328,7 +3328,7 @@ 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)) break; klist_iter_exit(&i); return child;