The patch titled Subject: seq_file: add seq_escape_str() as replica of string_escape_str() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is seq_file-add-seq_escape_str-as-replica-of-string_escape_str.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/seq_file-add-seq_escape_str-as-replica-of-string_escape_str.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/seq_file-add-seq_escape_str-as-replica-of-string_escape_str.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: seq_file: add seq_escape_str() as replica of string_escape_str() In some cases we want to escape characters from NULL-terminated strings. Add seq_escape_str() as replica of string_escape_str() for that. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210504180819.73127-13-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> --- include/linux/seq_file.h | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) --- a/include/linux/seq_file.h~seq_file-add-seq_escape_str-as-replica-of-string_escape_str +++ a/include/linux/seq_file.h @@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ void seq_put_hex_ll(struct seq_file *m, void seq_escape_mem(struct seq_file *m, const char *src, size_t len, unsigned int flags, const char *esc); + +static inline void seq_escape_str(struct seq_file *m, const char *src, + unsigned int flags, const char *esc) +{ + seq_escape_mem(m, src, strlen(src), flags, esc); +} + void seq_escape(struct seq_file *m, const char *s, const char *esc); void seq_escape_mem_ascii(struct seq_file *m, const char *src, size_t isz); _ 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