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| author | Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> | 2013-05-01 00:27:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-05-01 02:04:03 +0200 |
| commit | 16c7fa05829e8b91db48e3539c5d6ff3c2b18a23 (patch) | |
| tree | 6658e9f27c033e5f6de19284fe9a6b8485360aa6 /drivers/char/random.c | |
| parent | kernel/smp.c: cleanups (diff) | |
| download | linux-16c7fa05829e8b91db48e3539c5d6ff3c2b18a23.tar.xz linux-16c7fa05829e8b91db48e3539c5d6ff3c2b18a23.zip | |
lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape
There are several places in kernel where modules unescapes input to convert
C-Style Escape Sequences into byte codes.
The patch provides generic implementation of such approach. Test cases are
also included into the patch.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: clarify comment]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: export get_random_int() to modules]
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
Cc: Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>
Cc: Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/random.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/random.c | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c index 32a6c5764950..cd9a6211dcad 100644 --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ unsigned int get_random_int(void) return ret; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_random_int); /* * randomize_range() returns a start address such that |