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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] serial: core: add sysfs attribute to suppress ready signalling on open
On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 10:20 AM Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 08:27:54PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 5:42 PM Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:

> > > + ret = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &val);
> > > + if (ret)
> > > + return ret;
> >
> > > + if (val > 1)
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> >
> > Can't we utilise kstrtobool() instead?
>
> I chose not to as kstrtobool() results in a horrid interface. To many
> options to do the same thing and you end up with confusing things like
> "0x01" being accepted but treated as false (as only the first character
> is considered).

And this is perfectly fine. 0x01 is not boolean.

> Not sure how that ever made it into sysfs code...
>
> The attribute is read back as "0" or "1" and those are precisely the
> values that can be written back (well, modulo radix).

So, how does it affect the kstrtobool() interface?
You read back 0 and 1 and they are pretty much accepted by it.

> It's not relevant in this case, but tight control over the inputs also
> allows for extending the range later.

And kstrtobool() does it. So I don't see any difference except a few
less lines of code and actually *stricter* rules than kstrtouint()
has.

--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

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