Quoting Joe Perches (2014-01-29 19:50:59) > What should the return be to this string? > " " > Should it be "" or " " or NULL? > > I don't think it should be NULL. > I don't think it should be " ". Right, thanks for pointing that out. It should match how trim behaves :) Your original looks good. removing the begin declaration adds an extra line, and I think it reads nicely the way you had it. size_t len; s = skip_spaces(s); len = strlen(begin); This is what I have now, basically your original with the len > 1 check and the '\0' replacing 0. char *kstrimdup(const char *s, gfp_t gfp) { char *buf; char *begin = skip_spaces(s); size_t len = strlen(begin); while (len > 1 && isspace(begin[len - 1])) len--; buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len + 1, gfp); if (!buf) return NULL; memcpy(buf, begin, len); buf[len] = '\0'; return buf; } Any other comments? Thanks! Sebastian -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href