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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:22:49 -0700 From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> To: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/22] cpufreq: Replace strnicmp with strncasecmp On 16 September 2014 13:51, Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote: > The kernel used to contain two functions for length-delimited, > case-insensitive string comparison, strnicmp with correct semantics > and a slightly buggy strncasecmp. The latter is the POSIX name, so > strnicmp was renamed to strncasecmp, and strnicmp made into a wrapper > for the new strncasecmp to avoid breaking existing users. > > To allow the compat wrapper strnicmp to be removed at some point in > the future, and to avoid the extra indirection cost, do > s/strnicmp/strncasecmp/g. > > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net> > Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> > Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> > --- > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Not really sure about the implementation of these routines but the changes look fine. Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> -- viresh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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