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From: Inseob Kim <inseob@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: changbin.du@gmail.com, jbaron@akamai.com, joe@perches.com,
	 akpm@linux-foundation.org, Inseob Kim <inseob@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] lib: parser: Fix match_wildcard to correctly handle trailing stars
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:06:04 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326020630.4139520-1-inseob@google.com> (raw)

This fixes a bug of match_wildcard that incorrectly handles trailing
asterisks. For example, `match_wildcard("abc**", "abc")` must return
true, but it returns false.

Signed-off-by: Inseob Kim <inseob@google.com>
---
v2:
  - Added Cc. No changes to the code.
---
 lib/parser.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/parser.c b/lib/parser.c
index 73e8f8e5be73..62da0ac0d438 100644
--- a/lib/parser.c
+++ b/lib/parser.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ bool match_wildcard(const char *pattern, const char *str)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (*p == '*')
+	while (*p == '*')
 		++p;
 	return !*p;
 }
-- 
2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-26  2:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-26  2:06 Inseob Kim [this message]
2026-03-26  2:25 ` [PATCH v2] lib: parser: Fix match_wildcard to correctly handle trailing stars Andrew Morton
2026-03-26  4:12   ` Inseob Kim
2026-03-26  4:45     ` Andrew Morton
2026-03-26  4:51       ` Inseob Kim
2026-03-27 10:11         ` Takaya Saeki
2026-03-27 15:17           ` Andrew Morton
2026-03-26  7:10   ` Josh Law

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