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Message-ID: <Y0MR+uSDEm2bPgcD@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 9 Oct 2022 20:24:58 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Soha Jin <soha@...u.info>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] string: add match_string_nocase() for
 case-insensitive match

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 12:21:53AM +0800, Soha Jin wrote:
> Sometimes we want to make a case-insensitive comparison with strings, like
> checking compatible devices in fwnode properties, so this commit abstracts
> match_string to __match_string with a compare function. The original
> match_string will call __match_string with strcmp, and the new
> match_string_nocase will call it with strcasecmp.

Wait, no, fwnode properties are case sensitive, why are you allowing
that to be changed?  That sounds like broken firmware to me, right?

thanks,

greg k-h

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