Re: [PATCH 4/5 v2] tracing/filters: Provide basic regex support

[Andrey Panin]

On 267, 09 24, 2009 at 09:49:34PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> This patch provides basic support for regular expressions in filters.

> +/* Basic regex callbacks */
> +static int regex_match_full(char *str, struct regex *r, int len)
> +{
> +	if (strncmp(str, r->pattern, len) == 0)
> +		return 1;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int regex_match_front(char *str, struct regex *r, int len)
> +{
> +	if (strncmp(str, r->pattern, len) == 0)
> +		return 1;
> +	return 0;
> +}

These two functions are identical, what's the reason to keep them separate ?
And why not simply return strncmp(str, r->pattern, len) == 0 ?
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