tree 8efee1cd0afd84cb0dbd76db4a8b5047ea1a9689
parent 75866af62b439859d5146b7093ceb6b482852683
author Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com> 1582257861 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1582312935 -0800

lib/string.c: update match_string() doc-strings with correct behavior

There were a few attempts at changing behavior of the match_string()
helpers (i.e.  'match_string()' & 'sysfs_match_string()'), to change &
extend the behavior according to the doc-string.

But the simplest approach is to just fix the doc-strings.  The current
behavior is fine as-is, and some bugs were introduced trying to fix it.

As for extending the behavior, new helpers can always be introduced if
needed.

The match_string() helpers behave more like 'strncmp()' in the sense
that they go up to n elements or until the first NULL element in the
array of strings.

This change updates the doc-strings with this info.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200213072722.8249-1-alexandru.ardelean@analog.com
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alexandru.ardelean@analog.com>
Acked-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: "Tobin C . Harding" <tobin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>