linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/8] lib/string: introduce match

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Date:	Sat, 9 Jan 2016 13:57:07 +0200
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/8] lib/string: introduce match_string() helper

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 3:12 AM, Sergey Senozhatsky
<sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com> wrote:
> Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> [..]
>> >
>> > strncmp() case seems to be quite common.
>>
>> Like I answered to Rasmus, please, provide real examples.
>
> [..]
>> > int nmatch_string(array, array_size, string, string_len)
>> > {
>> >       do {
>> >               strncmp();
>> >       } while ();
>> > }
>> >
>> > int match_string(array, array_size, string)
>> > {
>> >       return nmatch_string(array, array_size, string,
>> > strlen(string));
>> > }
>>
>> See above.
>
> after some quick and inaccurate grepping, well, probably you're right - not worth it.

Good grep anyway, it clearly shows that there is hard to generalize
which limit to use: a) length of a first argument / item from a list,
b) length of a second argument or a constant.

> arch/mips/bcm63xx/boards/board_bcm963xx.c  void __init board_prom_init(void)
> net/irda/irnet/irnet_irda.c   irnet_dname_to_daddr()
> arch/powerpc/sysdev/ppc4xx_cpm.c static ssize_t cpm_idle_store()
> arch/x86/ras/mce_amd_inj.c static int __set_inj
> drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/msu.c mode_store
> drivers/pci/pcie/aer/ecrc.c void pcie_ecrc_get_policy
> drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c pcie_aspm_set_policy
> drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c aic7xxx_setup
> drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c aic79xx_setup
> drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c static int get_fc_##title##_match
> drivers/staging/android/ion/hisilicon/hi6220_ion.c get_type_by_name
> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lmv/lproc_lmv.c placement_name2policy
> drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c pmu_mode_store

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko