Re: [PATCH 21/22] Thermal: Replace strnicmp with strncasecmp

[Zhang Rui]

On Tue, 2014-09-16 at 22:51 +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> The kernel used to contain two functions for length-delimited,
> case-insensitive string comparison, strnicmp with correct semantics
> and a slightly buggy strncasecmp. The latter is the POSIX name, so
> strnicmp was renamed to strncasecmp, and strnicmp made into a wrapper
> for the new strncasecmp to avoid breaking existing users.
> 
> To allow the compat wrapper strnicmp to be removed at some point in
> the future, and to avoid the extra indirection cost, do
> s/strnicmp/strncasecmp/g.
> 
> Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
rui
> ---
>  drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> index 71b0ec0..1e23f4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_core.c
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static struct thermal_governor *__find_governor(const char *name)
>  		return def_governor;
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_governor_list, governor_list)
> -		if (!strnicmp(name, pos->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
> +		if (!strncasecmp(name, pos->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
>  			return pos;
>  
>  	return NULL;
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int thermal_register_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
>  
>  		name = pos->tzp->governor_name;
>  
> -		if (!strnicmp(name, governor->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
> +		if (!strncasecmp(name, governor->name, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
>  			pos->governor = governor;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void thermal_unregister_governor(struct thermal_governor *governor)
>  	mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
>  
>  	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_tz_list, node) {
> -		if (!strnicmp(pos->governor->name, governor->name,
> +		if (!strncasecmp(pos->governor->name, governor->name,
>  						THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH))
>  			pos->governor = NULL;
>  	}
> @@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_get_zone_by_name(const char *name)
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&thermal_list_lock);
>  	list_for_each_entry(pos, &thermal_tz_list, node)
> -		if (!strnicmp(name, pos->type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)) {
> +		if (!strncasecmp(name, pos->type, THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH)) {
>  			found++;
>  			ref = pos;
>  		}


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