linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/12] module: Replace strncmp with str_has

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 23:14:41 +0800
From:   Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/12] module: Replace strncmp with str_has_prefix

strncmp(str, const, len) is error-prone.
We had better use newly introduced
str_has_prefix() instead of it.

Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
---
 kernel/module.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 5933395af9a0..7defa2a4a701 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
 		switch (sym[i].st_shndx) {
 		case SHN_COMMON:
 			/* Ignore common symbols */
-			if (!strncmp(name, "__gnu_lto", 9))
+			if (str_has_prefix(name, "__gnu_lto"))
 				break;
 
 			/* We compiled with -fno-common.  These are not
-- 
2.20.1