Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:45:23 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/11] resource: Add System RAM resource type |
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On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 09:35:59AM -0700, Toshi Kani wrote: > We do not have enough bits left to cover any potential future use-cases > with other strings if we are going to get rid of strcmp() completely.
Look at the examples I gave. I'm talking about having an additional identifier which can be a number and not a bit.
> Since the searches from crash and kexec are one-time thing, and einj > is a R&D tool, I think we can leave the strcmp() check for these > special cases, and keep the interface flexible with any strings.
I don't think using strings is anywhere close to flexible. If at all, it is an odd use case which shouldnt've been allowed in in the first place.
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