linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext2/3 as ext4

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Message-ID: <4B301D76.4070707@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:14:30 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>
To:	Philip Wernersbach <philip.wernersbach@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Richard Holden <aciddeath@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext2/3 as ext4

On 12/16/2009 06:42 PM, Philip Wernersbach wrote:
>> Why the open coded strcmp?
> strcmp is a C standard library function, not a C builtin, thus it
> can't be used in the kernel.

Um, we do have strcmp, memcmp, and most such common library functions in 
the kernel..
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