linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 2/7] implement memmem()

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Message-ID: <87vbjeocnu.fsf@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Date:	Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:14:45 +0100
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 2/7] implement memmem()

On Fri, Feb 06 2015, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> The functionality of strnstr() does not change with this patch, so it
> does not need to address your concern.

Yeah, I should have checked that, of course. Sorry.

> Feel free to submit a patch that states the difference of the kernel
> version of strnstr with whatever version is out in the wild.

It seems a much better name would be memstr, and "length-limited string"
is misleading, since s1 is in no way treated as a string. But I'll leave
it for now.

Rasmus
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