HWMON device names are not allowed to contain "-* \t\n". Add a helper which will return true if passed an invalid character. It can be used to massage a string into a hwmon compatible name by replacing invalid characters with '_'.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> --- include/linux/hwmon.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h index b217101ca76e..9493d4a388db 100644 --- a/include/linux/hwmon.h +++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h @@ -398,4 +398,27 @@ devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info(struct device *dev, void hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev); void devm_hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev); +/** + * hwmon_is_bad_char - Is the char invalid in a hwmon name + * @ch: the char to be considered + * + * hwmon_is_bad_char() can be used to determine if the given character + * may not be used in a hwmon name. + * + * Returns true if the char is invalid, false otherwise. + */ +static inline bool hwmon_is_bad_char(const char ch) +{ + switch (ch) { + case '-': + case '*': + case ' ': + case '\t': + case '\n': + return true; + default: + return false; + } +} + #endif -- 2.18.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hwmon" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
