linux-kernel - [PATCH] alpha: Replace strncmp with str_has

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Message-Id: <20190730024401.17152-1-hslester96@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:44:01 +0800
From:   Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
        Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
        Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] alpha: Replace strncmp with str_has_prefix

In commit b6b2735514bc
("tracing: Use str_has_prefix() instead of using fixed sizes")
the newly introduced str_has_prefix() was used
to replace error-prone strncmp(str, const, len).
Here fix codes with the same pattern.

Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hslester96@...il.com>
---
 arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c | 3 ++-
 arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c        | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
index 825a16f5f622..4738aaf76c3d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/tools/objstrip.c
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifdef __ELF__
     elf = (struct elfhdr *) buf;
 
-    if (elf->e_ident[0] == 0x7f && strncmp((char *)elf->e_ident + 1, "ELF", 3) == 0) {
+	if (elf->e_ident[0] == 0x7f &&
+		str_has_prefix((char *)elf->e_ident + 1, "ELF")) {
 	if (elf->e_type != ET_EXEC) {
 	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s is not an ELF executable\n",
 		    prog_name, inname);
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index 5d4c76a77a9f..e82e45d5fd96 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 #ifndef alpha_using_srm
 	/* Assume that we've booted from SRM if we haven't booted from MILO.
 	   Detect the later by looking for "MILO" in the system serial nr.  */
-	alpha_using_srm = strncmp((const char *)hwrpb->ssn, "MILO", 4) != 0;
+	alpha_using_srm = !str_has_prefix((const char *)hwrpb->ssn, "MILO");
 #endif
 #ifndef alpha_using_qemu
 	/* Similarly, look for QEMU.  */
-- 
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