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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/string_choices.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/string_choices.h | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/string_choices.h b/include/linux/string_choices.h index d9ebe20229f8..120ca0f28e95 100644 --- a/include/linux/string_choices.h +++ b/include/linux/string_choices.h @@ -2,17 +2,32 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_STRING_CHOICES_H_ #define _LINUX_STRING_CHOICES_H_ +/* + * Here provide a series of helpers in the str_$TRUE_$FALSE format (you can + * also expand some helpers as needed), where $TRUE and $FALSE are their + * corresponding literal strings. These helpers can be used in the printing + * and also in other places where constant strings are required. Using these + * helpers offers the following benefits: + * 1) Reducing the hardcoding of strings, which makes the code more elegant + * through these simple literal-meaning helpers. + * 2) Unifying the output, which prevents the same string from being printed + * in various forms, such as enable/disable, enabled/disabled, en/dis. + * 3) Deduping by the linker, which results in a smaller binary file. + */ + #include <linux/types.h> static inline const char *str_enable_disable(bool v) { return v ? "enable" : "disable"; } +#define str_disable_enable(v) str_enable_disable(!(v)) static inline const char *str_enabled_disabled(bool v) { return v ? "enabled" : "disabled"; } +#define str_disabled_enabled(v) str_enabled_disabled(!(v)) static inline const char *str_hi_lo(bool v) { @@ -36,11 +51,25 @@ static inline const char *str_on_off(bool v) { return v ? "on" : "off"; } +#define str_off_on(v) str_on_off(!(v)) static inline const char *str_yes_no(bool v) { return v ? "yes" : "no"; } +#define str_no_yes(v) str_yes_no(!(v)) + +static inline const char *str_up_down(bool v) +{ + return v ? "up" : "down"; +} +#define str_down_up(v) str_up_down(!(v)) + +static inline const char *str_true_false(bool v) +{ + return v ? "true" : "false"; +} +#define str_false_true(v) str_true_false(!(v)) /** * str_plural - Return the simple pluralization based on English counts |