Re: [PATCH v1 5/8] ACPI: x86: use acpi_dev_uid_match() for matching _UID

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Oct 20 2023 - 14:42:48 EST


On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 07:05:37PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 12:38 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 02:17:29PM +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:

...

> > > - if (!adev->pnp.unique_id ||
> > > - strcmp(adev->pnp.unique_id, override_status_ids[i].uid))
> > > + if (!acpi_dev_uid_match(adev, override_status_ids[i].uid))
> >
> > The check for NULL argument inside that API does not affect the behaviour as
> > otherwise it will be a crash with the current implementation.
>
> What current implementation do you mean, exactly?

strcmp() against NULL will crash the system.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko