linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modpost: Fix modpost's license checking V2

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Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:15:39 -0400
From:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
To:	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@...lice.com>
Cc:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: Fix modpost's license checking V2

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Anders Kaseorg <andersk@...lice.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 03:00, Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org> wrote:
>> +#define SEC_NAME_MATCH(name, str) (strncmp(name, str, strlen(str) - 1) == 0)
>
> Surely you meant strlen() or sizeof() - 1, not strlen() - 1?
>
>> +       if (!is_vmlinux(mod->name) && strncmp(symname, "__ksymtab", 9) == 0)
>
> Same strncmp pattern here.  BTW, your macro is the strstarts()
> function in include/linux/string.h.
>
modpost is an host tool, it should not include kernel header. Content
of this file is not exported to userland anyway.

 - Arnaud

 - Arnaud
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