linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] strcmp: fix overflow error

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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:34:11 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] strcmp: fix overflow error

Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de> writes:

> Well, that doesn't actually return the difference at all. Is that allowed?

The only requirement is that the compare functions return <0,0,>0
depending on the order.

Andreas.

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