Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Repalce strncmp by memcmp | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:26:56 -0500 |
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On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 17:18 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Um, do you realize that the kernel does not always use the same memcmp > as gcc. >
Note, I'm not against the change, because in 99% of the cases, memcmp() can and will be faster, and we don't need to worry about these strange cases.
What I'm against is a blind s/strncmp/memcmp/ of the kernel, because it may have side effects that you may not have thought of.
-- Steve
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