On 03.03.2019 18:19, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Add a new function strreplace_nonalnum that replaces all
> non-alphanumeric characters. Such functionality is needed e.g. when a
> string is supposed to be used in a file name. If '\0' is given as new
> character then non-alphanumeric characters are cut.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a maintainer or mailing list for lib/string.c
> Therefore I hope it's ok to submit this through the netdev tree.
>
> Heiner Kallweit (2):
> lib: string: add strreplace_nonalnum
> net: phy: aquantia: use new function strreplace_nonalnum
>
> drivers/net/phy/aquantia_hwmon.c | 10 +---------
> include/linux/string.h | 1 +
> lib/string.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
Greg still has some concerns, let's see what the outcome of this
discussion is.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/3/3/151