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From: Ian Pilcher <arequipeno@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, pavel@ucw.cz, linux-leds@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, kabel@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add miscellaneous helper functions
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 17:43:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4b903bfc-0756-ce67-d066-5be2ec5c986a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YTMLmHBHas3ViJdM@kroah.com>

On 9/4/21 1:00 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> Why are block devices odd and need to have spaces found in their names?

They aren't.  The functions are used to identify the block device names
within the buffer that is passed to attribute store functions, which may
contain whitespace.

> And are you sure we do not already have string functions that do this?

I did look a bit.  I can't be sure, but I didn't find anything similar.

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-04 22:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-03 20:45 [PATCH 00/18] Introduce block device LED trigger Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 01/18] docs: Add block device (blkdev) LED trigger documentation Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04  6:29   ` Pavel Machek
2021-09-05 14:49     ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-05 18:42       ` Pavel Machek
2021-09-05 23:13         ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 02/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add build infra for block device LED trigger Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 03/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add function placeholders needed by block changes Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04 16:57   ` kernel test robot
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 04/18] block: Add block device LED trigger integrations Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 05/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Implement functions called from block subsystem Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 06/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add function to get gendisk by name Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 07/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add constants, data types, and global variables Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 08/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add miscellaneous helper functions Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04  6:00   ` Greg KH
2021-09-04 22:43     ` Ian Pilcher [this message]
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 09/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Periodically check devices for activity & blink LEDs Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04  6:01   ` Greg KH
2021-09-05 14:39     ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-05 14:51       ` Greg KH
2021-09-05 14:56         ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-05 15:12           ` Greg KH
2021-09-05 16:55             ` Eric Biggers
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 10/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add function to associate the trigger with an LED Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 11/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add function to associate a device " Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 12/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add function to remove LED/device association Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 13/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add function to disassociate a device from all LEDs Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 14/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add function to disassociate an LED from the trigger Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 15/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add sysfs attributes to [un]link LEDs & devices Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04  5:57   ` Greg KH
2021-09-04 21:28     ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04  5:59   ` Greg KH
2021-09-04 22:35     ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-05 14:51       ` Greg KH
2021-09-05 15:33         ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-05 16:43           ` Greg KH
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 16/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add blink_time & interval sysfs attributes Ian Pilcher
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 17/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add mode (read/write/rw) sysfs attributue Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04  5:57   ` Greg KH
2021-09-04 21:01     ` Ian Pilcher
2021-09-05 14:50       ` Greg KH
2021-09-03 20:45 ` [PATCH 18/18] ledtrig-blkdev: Add initialization & exit functions Ian Pilcher
2021-09-04  6:35 ` [PATCH 00/18] Introduce block device LED trigger Pavel Machek

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