Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] mm: Covert sysfs input to bool using kstrtobool()

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Apr 27 2022 - 11:42:51 EST


On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 10:30:40PM +0530, Jagdish Gediya wrote:
> Sysfs input conversion to corrosponding bool value e.g. "false" or "0"
> to false, "true" or "1" to true are currently handled through strncmp
> at multiple places. Use kstrtobool() to convert sysfs input to bool
> value.

...

> + if (kstrtobool(buf, &numa_demotion_enabled))
> return -EINVAL;

Hmm... The commit message doesn't explain what's wrong with the error codes
returned by kstrtobool(). Can't it be

ret = kstrtobool();
if (ret)
return ret;

?

...

> + if (kstrtobool(buf, &enable_vma_readahead))
> return -EINVAL;

Ditto.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko