linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 14/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi-smbios: clean up wmi descriptor check

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:19:50 +0000
From:   <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>
To:     <pali.rohar@...il.com>
CC:     <dvhart@...radead.org>, <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>, <quasisec@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 14/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi-smbios: clean up wmi
 descriptor check

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pali Rohár [mailto:pali.rohar@...il.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:12 PM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@...l.com>
> Cc: dvhart@...radead.org; Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>;
> LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>; platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org;
> quasisec@...gle.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi-smbios: clean up wmi
> descriptor check
> 
> On Tuesday 26 September 2017 20:50:12 Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > +	if (strncmp(obj->string.pointer, "DELL WMI", 8) != 0)
> 
> Should not be this memcmp? IIRC we want to compare that buffer is equal
> to some bytes, right?
> 

It used to be comparing the bytes, but Andy S. thought this wasn't very clear.
That's why I adjusted it to compare to the strings that the bytes used instead.