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authorAndy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>2014-10-14 02:55:11 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-14 04:18:26 +0400
commitd295634e965ecacdb44c6760b3ca4eae08812715 (patch)
tree6ec1c99bb6ca6e80be8e51c0371de6346fb702f7 /lib
parent3db2e9cdc085144e243495137273e2318c53a82f (diff)
downloadlinux-d295634e965ecacdb44c6760b3ca4eae08812715.tar.xz
lib / string_helpers: move documentation to c-file
The introduced function string_escape_mem() is a kind of opposite to string_unescape. We have several users of such functionality each of them created custom implementation. The series contains clean up of test suite, adding new call, and switching few users to use it via %*pE specifier. Test suite covers all of existing and most of potential use cases. This patch (of 11): The documentation of API belongs to c-file. This patch moves it accordingly. There is no functional change. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Cc: "John W . Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/string_helpers.c38
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 29033f319aea..74ec60469640 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -168,6 +168,44 @@ static bool unescape_special(char **src, char **dst)
return true;
}
+/**
+ * string_unescape - unquote characters in the given string
+ * @src: source buffer (escaped)
+ * @dst: destination buffer (unescaped)
+ * @size: size of the destination buffer (0 to unlimit)
+ * @flags: combination of the flags (bitwise OR):
+ * %UNESCAPE_SPACE:
+ * '\f' - form feed
+ * '\n' - new line
+ * '\r' - carriage return
+ * '\t' - horizontal tab
+ * '\v' - vertical tab
+ * %UNESCAPE_OCTAL:
+ * '\NNN' - byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
+ * %UNESCAPE_HEX:
+ * '\xHH' - byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
+ * %UNESCAPE_SPECIAL:
+ * '\"' - double quote
+ * '\\' - backslash
+ * '\a' - alert (BEL)
+ * '\e' - escape
+ * %UNESCAPE_ANY:
+ * all previous together
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * The function unquotes characters in the given string.
+ *
+ * Because the size of the output will be the same as or less than the size of
+ * the input, the transformation may be performed in place.
+ *
+ * Caller must provide valid source and destination pointers. Be aware that
+ * destination buffer will always be NULL-terminated. Source string must be
+ * NULL-terminated as well.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * The amount of the characters processed to the destination buffer excluding
+ * trailing '\0' is returned.
+ */
int string_unescape(char *src, char *dst, size_t size, unsigned int flags)
{
char *out = dst;