+ seq_file-add-seq_escape_str-as-replica-of-string_escape_str.patch added to -mm tree

+ seq_file-add-seq_escape_str-as-replica-of-string_escape_str.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

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

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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
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@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 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);
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com 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