linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]: improved strnicmp in lib/string.c

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Date:	Thu, 08 May 2008 10:44:31 +0930
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Soumyadip Das Mahapatra <dip_kernel@...oo.co.in>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: improved strnicmp in lib/string.c

Soumyadip Das Mahapatra wrote:
> This is somewhat improved version of strnicmp() function in lib/string.c. I have implemented binary
> comparison  rather than linear one(which was in the older version).

It doesn't correctly indicate the sort order.  For example, when
comparing "accdd" against "abcde", it indicates that the first string
sorts before the second (which is wrong.)
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