linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Use binary search in lookup

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2011 14:02:09 -0400
From:	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@...lice.com>
To:	Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Embedded <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Use binary search in lookup_symbol()

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:36, Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...glemail.com> wrote:
> Then, thinking again, results in the question if the first argument of
> bsearch() shouldn't be 'name' rather than 'ks->name'?

Yes, it should be.

> Then it would be the job of cmp_name() to check for start == stop == 0?

Actually bsearch already handles this case correctly (it will make no
calls to cmp_name and return NULL), so nothing needs to specially
check for it.

Anders
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