Re: [PATCH 11/22] cpufreq: Replace strnicmp with strncasecmp

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Sep 25 2014 - 19:33:27 EST


On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 02:22:49 PM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 16 September 2014 13:51, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The kernel used to contain two functions for length-delimited,
> > case-insensitive string comparison, strnicmp with correct semantics
> > and a slightly buggy strncasecmp. The latter is the POSIX name, so
> > strnicmp was renamed to strncasecmp, and strnicmp made into a wrapper
> > for the new strncasecmp to avoid breaking existing users.
> >
> > To allow the compat wrapper strnicmp to be removed at some point in
> > the future, and to avoid the extra indirection cost, do
> > s/strnicmp/strncasecmp/g.
> >
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 +++---
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> Not really sure about the implementation of these routines but the
> changes look fine.
>
> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

Queued up for 3.18, thanks!

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