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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/hwmon.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |