/* Default is -1; we skip past it for struct cached_dev's cache mode */
 static const char * const bch_cache_modes[] = {
-       "default",
        "writethrough",
        "writeback",
        "writearound",
 
 /* Default is -1; we skip past it for stop_when_cache_set_failed */
 static const char * const bch_stop_on_failure_modes[] = {
-       "default",
        "auto",
        "always",
        NULL
        return out - buf;
 }
 
-static ssize_t bch_read_string_list(const char *buf, const char * const list[])
-{
-       size_t i;
-       char *s, *d = kstrndup(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!d)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       s = strim(d);
-
-       for (i = 0; list[i]; i++)
-               if (!strcmp(list[i], s))
-                       break;
-
-       kfree(d);
-
-       if (!list[i])
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       return i;
-}
-
 SHOW(__bch_cached_dev)
 {
        struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(kobj, struct cached_dev,
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_cache_mode)
                return bch_snprint_string_list(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
-                                              bch_cache_modes + 1,
+                                              bch_cache_modes,
                                               BDEV_CACHE_MODE(&dc->sb));
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_stop_when_cache_set_failed)
                return bch_snprint_string_list(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
-                                              bch_stop_on_failure_modes + 1,
+                                              bch_stop_on_failure_modes,
                                               dc->stop_when_cache_set_failed);
 
 
                bch_cached_dev_run(dc);
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_cache_mode) {
-               v = bch_read_string_list(buf, bch_cache_modes + 1);
-
+               v = __sysfs_match_string(bch_cache_modes, -1, buf);
                if (v < 0)
                        return v;
 
        }
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_stop_when_cache_set_failed) {
-               v = bch_read_string_list(buf, bch_stop_on_failure_modes + 1);
-
+               v = __sysfs_match_string(bch_stop_on_failure_modes, -1, buf);
                if (v < 0)
                        return v;
 
 STORE(__bch_cache_set)
 {
        struct cache_set *c = container_of(kobj, struct cache_set, kobj);
+       ssize_t v;
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_unregister)
                bch_cache_set_unregister(c);
                      c->congested_write_threshold_us);
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_errors) {
-               ssize_t v = bch_read_string_list(buf, error_actions);
-
+               v = __sysfs_match_string(error_actions, -1, buf);
                if (v < 0)
                        return v;
 
                c->error_decay = strtoul_or_return(buf) / 88;
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_io_disable) {
-               int v = strtoul_or_return(buf);
-
+               v = strtoul_or_return(buf);
                if (v) {
                        if (test_and_set_bit(CACHE_SET_IO_DISABLE,
                                             &c->flags))
 STORE(__bch_cache)
 {
        struct cache *ca = container_of(kobj, struct cache, kobj);
+       ssize_t v;
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_discard) {
                bool v = strtoul_or_return(buf);
        }
 
        if (attr == &sysfs_cache_replacement_policy) {
-               ssize_t v = bch_read_string_list(buf, cache_replacement_policies);
-
+               v = __sysfs_match_string(cache_replacement_policies, -1, buf);
                if (v < 0)
                        return v;