Marc Zyngier <[email protected]> 于2019年7月30日周二 下午7:13写道:
>
> On 30/07/2019 11:58, Chuhong Yuan wrote:
> > Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> 于2019年7月30日周二 下午5:17写道:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 29 Jul 2019, Chuhong Yuan wrote:
> >>
> >>> strncmp(str, const, len) is error-prone.
> >>> We had better use newly introduced
> >>> str_has_prefix() instead of it.
> >>
> >> Can you please provide a proper explanation why the below strncmp() is
> >> error prone?
> >>
> >
> > If the size is less than 7, for example, 2, then even if buf is "tr", the
> > result will still be true. This is an error.
> > strncmp(str, const, len) is error-prone mainly because the len is easy
> > to be wrong.
> >
> >> Just running a script and copying some boiler plate changelog saying
> >> 'strncmp() is error prone' does not cut it.
> >>
> >>> -     if (!strncmp(buf, "trigger", size)) {
> >>> +     if (str_has_prefix(buf, "trigger")) {
> >>
> >> Especially when the resulting code is not equivalent.
> >>
> >
> > I think here the semantic is the comparison should only return true
> > when buf is "trigger".
>
> Not quite. It will satisfy the condition for 't', 'tr', 'trig',
> 'trigger', and of course 'triggerthissillyinterruptwhichImdebugging'.
>
> I agree that the semantic is a bit bizarre and maybe not quite expected,
> but still... You seem to be changing the semantic without any
> justification other than "this is safer".
>

I am sorry about that... It is my fault.
I will improve my script and avoid such mistakes.
Thanks for your correction.

Regards,
Chuhong

> Thanks,
>
>         M.
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