generic string library · Supported

Maintainers

• M Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• R Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>

Paths

• F include/linux/string.h
• F include/linux/string_choices.h
• F include/linux/string_helpers.h
• F lib/string.c
• F lib/string_helpers.c
• F lib/tests/string_helpers_kunit.c
• F lib/tests/string_kunit.c
• F scripts/coccinelle/api/string_choices.cocci

Last 30 days

Recent patches

Most-recent 28 patches in this subsystem on linux-wireless, ordered by date desc.

• STALE139d [PATCH v3 3/3] coccinelle: Add rules to find str_alloc_free() replacements
  2026-05-07 · Jiazi Li <hidden>
• STALE139d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3 1/3] lib/string_choices: Add str_alloc_free() helper
  2026-05-07 · Jiazi Li <hidden>
• STALE837d [PATCH v1 1/1] treewide: Align match_string() with sysfs_match_string()
  2024-06-03 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE1594d [PATCH 02/32] Introduce flexible array struct memcpy() helpers
  2022-05-04 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1768d [PATCH v2 27/63] fortify: Move remaining fortify helpers into fortify-string.h
  2021-08-18 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1768d [PATCH v2 26/63] lib/string: Move helper functions out of string.c
  2021-08-18 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1768d [PATCH v2 37/63] string.h: Introduce memset_after() for wiping trailing members/padding
  2021-08-18 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1768d [PATCH v2 34/63] fortify: Detect struct member overflows in memcpy() at compile-time
  2021-08-18 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1870d [PATCH 37/64] string.h: Introduce memset_after() for wiping trailing members/padding
  2021-07-27 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1870d [PATCH 34/64] fortify: Detect struct member overflows in memcpy() at compile-time
  2021-07-27 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1870d [PATCH 29/64] lib/string: Move helper functions out of string.c
  2021-07-27 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE1870d [PATCH 30/64] fortify: Move remaining fortify helpers into fortify-string.h
  2021-07-27 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE2678d [PATCH 3/3][V2] lib: re-introduce new match_string() helper/macro
  2019-05-28 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2678d [PATCH 2/3][V2] treewide: rename match_string() -> __match_string()
  2019-05-28 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2678d [PATCH 1/3][V2] lib: fix match_string() helper on -1 array size
  2019-05-28 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2678d [PATCH 01/16] lib: fix match_string() helper when array size is positive
  2019-05-08 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2678d [PATCH 03/16] lib,treewide: add new match_string() helper/macro
  2019-05-08 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2678d [PATCH 02/16] treewide: rename match_string() -> __match_string()
  2019-05-08 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE2678d [PATCH 01/16] lib: fix match_string() helper on -1 array size
  2019-05-08 · Alexandru Ardelean <hidden>
• STALE3257d Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] em28xx: fix em28xx_dvb_init for KASAN
  2017-09-26 · Andrey Ryabinin <hidden>
• STALE3886d [PATCH v3 1/4] lib: move strtobool to kstrtobool
  2016-02-05 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE3886d [PATCH v2 1/4] lib: move strtobool to kstrtobool
  2016-02-04 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE3888d [PATCH 2/3] lib: add "on" and "off" to strtobool
  2016-01-28 · Kees Cook <hidden>
• STALE4409d [PATCH v3 03/11] lib / string_helpers: introduce string_escape_mem()
  2014-08-20 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE4409d [PATCH v3 01/11] lib / string_helpers: move documentation to c-file
  2014-08-20 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE4464d [PATCH v2 01/10] lib / string_helpers: move documentation to c-file
  2014-07-07 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE4464d [PATCH v2 03/10] lib / string_helpers: introduce string_escape_mem()
  2014-07-07 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
• STALE4469d [PATCH 2/6] lib / string_helpers: introduce string_escape_mem()
  2014-07-02 · Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE139d [PATCH v3 3/3] coccinelle: Add rules to find str_alloc_free() replacements
  2026-05-07 · Jiazi Li <hidden>