Hi Masahiro, Simon, On 09/28/14 18:22, Simon Glass wrote: > Hi Masahiro, > > On 28 September 2014 07:52, Masahiro Yamada <yamad...@jp.panasonic.com> wrote: >> if (strncmp(name, entry->name, len)) >> continue; >> >> /* Full match */ >> if (len == strlen(entry->name)) >> return entry; >> >> is equivalent to: >> >> if (!strcmp(name, entry->name)) >> return entry; >> >> The latter is simpler. >> >> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamad...@jp.panasonic.com> >> --- >> >> drivers/core/lists.c | 9 +-------- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/core/lists.c b/drivers/core/lists.c >> index 699f94b..3a1ea85 100644 >> --- a/drivers/core/lists.c >> +++ b/drivers/core/lists.c >> @@ -24,19 +24,12 @@ struct driver *lists_driver_lookup_name(const char *name) >> ll_entry_start(struct driver, driver); >> const int n_ents = ll_entry_count(struct driver, driver); >> struct driver *entry; >> - int len; >> >> if (!drv || !n_ents) >> return NULL; >> >> - len = strlen(name); >> - >> for (entry = drv; entry != drv + n_ents; entry++) { >> - if (strncmp(name, entry->name, len)) >> - continue; >> - >> - /* Full match */ >> - if (len == strlen(entry->name)) >> + if (!strcmp(name, entry->name)) >> return entry; >> } > > The discussion on this was here: > > http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2014-September/189336.html > > I don't see a lot of value in the extra code, so I think we should > take this patch. If it is found to be a problem, we can go back to the > defensive code and add a test case so it is clear what exactly we are > defending against. > > Acked-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> >
Following the discussion referenced above, we have here a classic case of C language strings problem. One can dig about it all over the Internet (for example here [1]). I don't think we will invent a solution for that problem here. Also we are not about to abandon the C language... So, unless someone comes out with a real case to solve, I think we should merge this. Acked-by: Igor Grinberg <grinb...@compulab.co.il> [1] http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/news-at-sei/feature120061.cfm -- Regards, Igor. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot