Re: [PATCH] Repalce strncmp by memcmp

[Andi Kleen]

Pavel Vasilyev <pavel@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>     This patch replace all strncmp(a, b, c) by  memcmp(a, b, c).

Those two calls are not equivalent. Think what happens when a or b
are shorter than n and one of them is at the end of a page 
before a memory hole.

-Andi

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