linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Repalce strncmp by memcmp

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikjDfyWY=Gy7VkdvEGNnYB9kb_iCqNDP7H9W5z4@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:29:38 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
To:	pavel@...linux.ru
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Repalce strncmp by memcmp

Hi,

2010/11/29 Pavel Vasilyev <pavel@...linux.ru>:
>
>    This patch replace all strncmp(a, b, c) by  memcmp(a, b, c).
>
> I test on x86_64 (AMD Opteron 285).

In fact, memcmp doesn't handle case of tail of string, so
it is not safe to replace strncmp with memcmp

thanks,
-- 
Lei Ming
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