> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Taneja, Archit
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:52 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; Taneja, Archit
> Subject: [PATCH resend] OMAP: DSS2: Replace strncmp() with
> sysfs_streq() in overlay_manager_store()
>
> In the function overlay_manager_store, the length of the string
> buf is used to comapre the 2 strings, there is a possibility of
> false positive match if buf is a prefix string of another manager.
>
> The use of sysfs_streq() fixes this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Archit Taneja <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c
> b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c
> index 8233658..244dca8
> --- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/overlay.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static ssize_t overlay_manager_store(struct
> omap_overlay *ovl, const char *buf,
> for (i = 0; i <
> omap_dss_get_num_overlay_managers(); ++i) {
> mgr = omap_dss_get_overlay_manager(i);
>
> - if (strncmp(buf, mgr->name, len) == 0)
> + if (sysfs_streq(buf, mgr->name))
[sp] sysfs_streq() ignores trailing newlines during comparison. So,
the possibility mentioned in the description still stays.
I am not familiar with overall context; but wouldn't srtcmp()
be the right choice? unless, of course, either of strings
being compared are not null terminated.
> break;
>
> mgr = NULL;
> --
> 1.5.4.7
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