On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:11:57 -0800 Sebastian Capella <sebastian.capella@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > kstrimdup will duplicate and trim spaces from the passed in > null terminated string. This is useful for strings coming from > sysfs that often include trailing whitespace due to user input. > > ... > > --- a/include/linux/string.h > +++ b/include/linux/string.h > > ... > > @@ -63,6 +64,35 @@ char *kstrndup(const char *s, size_t max, gfp_t gfp) > EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrndup); > > /** > + * kstrimdup - Trim and copy a %NUL terminated string. > + * @s: the string to trim and duplicate > + * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory > + * > + * Returns an address, which the caller must kfree, containing > + * a duplicate of the passed string with leading and/or trailing > + * whitespace (as defined by isspace) removed. > + */ > +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--; That's off-by-one isn't it? kstrimdup(" ") should return "", not " ". > + buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len + 1, gfp); > + if (!buf) > + return NULL; > + > + memcpy(buf, begin, len); > + buf[len] = '\0'; > + > + return buf; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrimdup); > + -- 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=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>