The patch titled Subject: lib/string_helpers: move ESCAPE_NP check inside 'else' branch in a loop has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-string_helpers-move-escape_np-check-inside-else-branch-in-a-loop.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-string_helpers-move-escape_np-check-inside-else-branch-in-a-loop.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-string_helpers-move-escape_np-check-inside-else-branch-in-a-loop.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/string_helpers: move ESCAPE_NP check inside 'else' branch in a loop Refactor code to have better readability by moving ESCAPE_NP handling inside 'else' branch in the loop. No functional change intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210504180819.73127-3-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/string_helpers.c | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/lib/string_helpers.c~lib-string_helpers-move-escape_np-check-inside-else-branch-in-a-loop +++ a/lib/string_helpers.c @@ -452,10 +452,10 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, * The process of escaping byte buffer includes several parts. They are applied * in the following sequence. * - * 1. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in - * case of match it passes through to the output. - * 2. The character is not matched to the one from @only string and thus + * 1. The character is not matched to the one from @only string and thus * must go as-is to the output. + * 2. The character is matched to the printable class, if asked, and in + * case of match it passes through to the output. * 3. The character is checked if it falls into the class given by @flags. * %ESCAPE_OCTAL and %ESCAPE_HEX are going last since they cover any * character. Note that they actually can't go together, otherwise @@ -506,19 +506,22 @@ int string_escape_mem(const char *src, s /* * Apply rules in the following sequence: - * - the character is printable, when @flags has - * %ESCAPE_NP bit set * - the @only string is supplied and does not contain a * character under question + * - the character is printable, when @flags has + * %ESCAPE_NP bit set * - the character doesn't fall into a class of symbols * defined by given @flags * In these cases we just pass through a character to the * output buffer. */ - if ((flags & ESCAPE_NP && isprint(c)) || - (is_dict && !strchr(only, c))) { + if (is_dict && !strchr(only, c)) { /* do nothing */ } else { + if (isprint(c) && + flags & ESCAPE_NP && escape_passthrough(c, &p, end)) + continue; + if (flags & ESCAPE_SPACE && escape_space(c, &p, end)) continue; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are lib-string_helpers-switch-to-use-bit-macro.patch lib-string_helpers-move-escape_np-check-inside-else-branch-in-a-loop.patch lib-string_helpers-drop-indentation-level-in-string_escape_mem.patch lib-string_helpers-introduce-escape_na-for-escaping-non-ascii.patch lib-string_helpers-introduce-escape_nap-to-escape-non-ascii-and-non-printable.patch lib-string_helpers-allow-to-append-additional-characters-to-be-escaped.patch lib-test-string_helpers-print-flags-in-hexadecimal-format.patch lib-test-string_helpers-get-rid-of-trailing-comma-in-terminators.patch lib-test-string_helpers-add-test-cases-for-new-features.patch maintainers-add-myself-as-designated-reviewer-for-generic-string-library.patch seq_file-introduce-seq_escape_mem.patch seq_file-add-seq_escape_str-as-replica-of-string_escape_str.patch seq_file-convert-seq_escape-to-use-seq_escape_str.patch nfsd-avoid-non-flexible-api-in-seq_quote_mem.patch seq_file-drop-unused-_escape_mem_ascii.patch