[PATCH] gpio: uapi: Improve phrasing around arrays representing empty strings

From: Jonathan NeuschÃfer
Date: Tue Mar 03 2020 - 15:01:55 EST


Character arrays can be considered empty strings (if they are
immediately terminated), but they cannot be NULL.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan NeuschÃfer <j.neuschaefer@xxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/gpio.h | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
index 799cf823d493..cd88599ea3ea 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
* struct gpiochip_info - Information about a certain GPIO chip
* @name: the Linux kernel name of this GPIO chip
* @label: a functional name for this GPIO chip, such as a product
- * number, may be NULL
+ * number, may be empty
* @lines: number of GPIO lines on this chip
*/
struct gpiochip_info {
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ struct gpiochip_info {
* @flags: various flags for this line
* @name: the name of this GPIO line, such as the output pin of the line on the
* chip, a rail or a pin header name on a board, as specified by the gpio
- * chip, may be NULL
+ * chip, may be empty
* @consumer: a functional name for the consumer of this GPIO line as set by
- * whatever is using it, will be NULL if there is no current user but may
- * also be NULL if the consumer doesn't set this up
+ * whatever is using it, will be empty if there is no current user but may
+ * also be empty if the consumer doesn't set this up
*/
struct gpioline_info {
__u32 line_offset;
--
2.20.1