Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] module/dups: Use strcmp() to compare module names
From: Aaron Tomlin
Date: Sat Jul 25 2026 - 12:34:12 EST
On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 10:25:55AM +0200, Petr Pavlu wrote:
> Use strcmp() instead of strlen()+memcmp() to compare module names in
> kmod_dup_request_lookup(), since all strings are NUL-terminated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/module/dups.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/module/dups.c b/kernel/module/dups.c
> index 56d659f049c5..80e1638ac34a 100644
> --- a/kernel/module/dups.c
> +++ b/kernel/module/dups.c
> @@ -72,11 +72,9 @@ static struct kmod_dup_req *kmod_dup_request_lookup(char *module_name)
> lockdep_assert_held(&kmod_dup_mutex);
>
> list_for_each_entry(kmod_req, &dup_kmod_reqs, list) {
> - if (strlen(kmod_req->name) == strlen(module_name) &&
> - !memcmp(kmod_req->name, module_name, strlen(module_name))) {
> + if (!strcmp(kmod_req->name, module_name))
> return kmod_req;
> - }
> - }
> + }
>
> return NULL;
> }
>
> --
> 2.54.0
LGTM.
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Aaron Tomlin