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lib/string_helpers: Change returned value of the strreplace() 

It's more useful to return the pointer to the string itself
with strreplace(), so it may be used like

	attr->name = strreplace(name, '/', '_');

While at it, amend the kernel documentation.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230605170553.7835-3-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com
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Andy Shevchenko 2023-06-05 20:05:52 +03:00 committed by Kees Cook
parent 7afb6d8fa8
commit d01a77afd6
2 changed files with 9 additions and 5 deletions
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include/linux/string.h
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@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline void memcpy_flushcache(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt)
#endif
void *memchr_inv(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new);
char *strreplace(char *str, char old, char new);
extern void kfree_const(const void *x);

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lib/string_helpers.c
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@ -979,18 +979,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sysfs_match_string);
/**
* strreplace - Replace all occurrences of character in string.
* @s: The string to operate on.
* @str: The string to operate on.
* @old: The character being replaced.
* @new: The character @old is replaced with.
*
* Returns pointer to the nul byte at the end of @s.
* Replaces the each @old character with a @new one in the given string @str.
*
* Return: pointer to the string @str itself.
*/
char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new)
char *strreplace(char *str, char old, char new)
{
char *s = str;
for (; *s; ++s)
if (*s == old)
*s = new;
return s;
return str;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(strreplace);