Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752153Ab1DZSuL (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:50:11 -0400 Received: from mail-gx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:64316 "EHLO mail-gx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751060Ab1DZSuJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:50:09 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer; b=whkcg/0GFNggr13pU8FPPkoXb4ndbbFLZftA/Oj3U3R2fkFtg20BXZg8pBKIoQ2RM5 5JbRV8MZ+7MjbVrh5wT0d+ND8GOKCHOsnr2/YNJEp7ln3+C1q7iUjg89awMQfaesESkc vfqY5SYE8BAv06kY4CdFfpsYD1ixv/ZkRyou8= From: Thiago Farina To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Steven Rostedt , Thiago Farina Subject: [PATCH] linux/string.h: Introduce streq macro. Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:49:49 -0300 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.5.rc2.5.g60e19 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1134 Lines: 39 This macro is arguably more readable than its variants: - !strcmp(a, b) - strcmp(a, b) == 0 Signed-off-by: Thiago Farina --- include/linux/string.h | 11 +++++++++++ 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h index a716ee2..15b9602 100644 --- a/include/linux/string.h +++ b/include/linux/string.h @@ -134,6 +134,17 @@ extern ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available); /** + * streq - Are two strings equal? + * @a: first string + * @b: second string + * + * Example: + * if (streq(argv[1], "--help")) + * printf("%s\n", "This help"); + */ +#define streq(a, b) (strcmp((a), (b)) == 0) + +/** * strstarts - does @str start with @prefix? * @str: string to examine * @prefix: prefix to look for. -- 1.7.5.rc2.5.g60e19 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/