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Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 01:53:12 +0200 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net> To: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/22] cpufreq: Replace strnicmp with strncasecmp On Tuesday, September 16, 2014 02:22:49 PM Viresh Kumar wrote: > 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> Queued up for 3.18, thanks! -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- 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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