linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]tracing: Fix inaccurate function definition in trace_events

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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:39:24 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Wenji Huang <wenji.huang@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	fweisbec@...il.com, tzanussi@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]tracing: Fix inaccurate function definition in
 trace_events_filter.c

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 16:15 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> Wenji Huang wrote:
> > Use strcmp instead of strncmp to do full match.
> > 
> 
> It's intended to use strncmp instead of strcmp..
> 
> field(char, name, size) will be treated as a STATIC_STRING by
> filter code. But this field isn't necessarily a string, it
> can be an array of chars, which may not be ended with '\0'.
> So in this case, we can't use strcmp.
> 
> So do you really see incorrect filter results?

Yeah, I agree that this should be strncmp. Have you seen errors?

-- Steve


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