linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] cpufreq: Cleanups and minor fixes

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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0js9NekQTw+xNxw3CNSU-mbM4Jr4Ycsc++jbsYUHSggwQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:35:18 +0200
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan@...inos.cn>
Cc: "rafael J . wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>, 
	zhenglifeng <zhenglifeng1@...wei.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] cpufreq: Cleanups and minor fixes

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan@...inos.cn> wrote:
>
> This series contains two small cpufreq cleanups:
>
>   1) Use strlen() as the length argument for strncasecmp() in
>      cpufreq_parse_policy(). This makes comparison more permissive
>      (prefix match), which is consistent with the intention in our
>      deployment and improves readability over using CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN.
>
>   2) The second patch is new in this version. It simplifies the validation
>      logic in cpufreq_register_driver().This makes the registration code
>      more straightforward without changing functionality.
>
> Changes since v2:
>     - Fix code suggested by Viresh Kumar
>
> Changes since v1:
>         - Dropped the second patch from v1, which was not needed.
>         - Kept the first patch as-is (already Acked).
>         - Added a new second patch to simplify driver registration checks
>
> Zihuan Zhang (2):
>   cpufreq: use strlen() for governor name comparison
>   cpufreq: simplify setpolicy/target check in driver verification
>
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 9 +++------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> --

Both patches applied as 6.18 material, thanks!