Re: [PATCH 1/5] drm/modes: parse_cmdline: Handle empty mode name part

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Hans,

On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 10:06 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 9:28 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On 7/8/22 20:21, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > If no mode name part was specified, mode_end is zero, and the "ret ==
> > > mode_end" check does the wrong thing.
> > >
> > > Fix this by checking for a non-zero return value instead.
> >
> > Which is wrong to do, since now if you have e.g. a mode list
> > with:
> >
> > "dblntsc",
> > "dblntsc-ff"
> >
> > in there and the cmdline contains "dblntsc-ff" then you
> > will already stop with a (wrong!) match at "dblntsc".
>
> It indeed behaves that way, and did so before, as str_has_prefix()
> checks for a matching prefix, and thus may never get to the full
> match.  However, can we change that to an exact match, without
> introducing regressions?
> This can be avoided by reverse-sorting the modelist (or iterating
> backwards through a sorted modelist), though.
>
> > > While at it, skip all named mode handling when mode_end is zero, as it
> > > is futile.
> >
> > AFAICT, this is actually what needs to be done to fix this, while keeping
> > the ret == mode_end check.
>
> "ret == mode_end" or "ret" doesn't matter (except for the special
> case of mode_end is zero), as str_has_prefix() returns either zero or
> the length of the prefix.  Hence it never returns a non-zero value
> smaller than the length of the prefix.

Ignore that.  I finally saw what's really happening.
And I do agree with your comment.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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