Messages in this thread | | | From | <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH v2 14/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi-smbios: clean up wmi descriptor check | Date | Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:19:50 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Pali Rohár [mailto:pali.rohar@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:12 PM > To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@Dell.com> > Cc: dvhart@infradead.org; Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>; > LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org; > quasisec@google.com > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/14] platform/x86: dell-wmi-smbios: clean up wmi > descriptor check > > On Tuesday 26 September 2017 20:50:12 Mario Limonciello wrote: > > + if (strncmp(obj->string.pointer, "DELL WMI", 8) != 0) > > Should not be this memcmp? IIRC we want to compare that buffer is equal > to some bytes, right? >
It used to be comparing the bytes, but Andy S. thought this wasn't very clear. That's why I adjusted it to compare to the strings that the bytes used instead.
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