Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:55:02 -0400 | From | Theodore Ts'o <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/22] treewide: Replace strnicmp with strncasecmp |
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On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 10:51:14PM +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.
For the sake of those people who need to review the patches, can you say a bit more about the difference in semantics between strnicmp and strncasecmp, and why it's safe to do a global search and replace without worrying about the semantic differences?
Thanks,
- Ted
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