linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string support, mean it

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUtsbe05HkWK+kpBxYw32SFmT0Xqt2COE76xQS=4gsxjA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 29 May 2016 19:13:53 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...encehorizons.net>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string support,
 mean it

Hi George,

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 2:12 PM, George Spelvin
<linux@...encehorizons.net> wrote:
> From 4b237fc0c5addf58ef0e0bbd3740d64007c36375 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: George Spelvin <linux@...encehorizons.net>
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 08:05:56 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string suppor mean it.
>
> hash_name() is not changed for speed, but the more general
> purpose hashlen_string need to support zero-length strings.
>
> Signed-off-by: George Spelvin <linux@...encehorizons.net>
> Fixes: fcfd2fbf22d2587196890103d41e3d554c47da0e

FTR:
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

test_hash: __hash_32() has no arch implementation to test.
test_hash: hash_32() has no arch implementation to test.
test_hash: hash_64() has no arch implementation to test.
test_hash: 33152 tests passed.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
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