On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:49:21AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> @@ -207,6 +208,28 @@ flush_write_buffer(struct dentry * dentr
> struct attribute * attr = to_attr(dentry);
> struct kobject * kobj = to_kobj(dentry->d_parent);
> struct sysfs_ops * ops = buffer->ops;
> + char *x, *y, *z;
> +
> + /* locate leading white space */
> + x = buffer->page;
> + while (isspace(*x) && (x - buffer->page < count))
> + x++;
Ok, I can follow this. For example
buffer->page = " foo "
then x = "foo " at the end of that .
> + /* locate trailng white space */
> + z = y = x;
> + while (y - buffer->page < count) {
> + y++;
> + z = y;
> + while (isspace(*y) && (y - buffer->page < count)) {
> + y++;
> + }
> + }
> + count = z - x;
Hm, I _think_ this works, but I need someone else to verify this...
Anyone else?
> +
> + /* strip the white space */
> + if (buffer->page != x)
> + memmove(buffer->page, x, count);
> + buffer->page[count] = '\0';
Why move the buffer? Why not just pass in a pointer to the start of the
"non-whitespace filled" buffer to the store() function?
thanks,
greg k-h
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