From: "Jörg-Volker Peetz" <jvpeetz@web.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/enic: decrement sizeof size in strncmp
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:17:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AFBE0B4.6070904@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0911120848100.16627@ask.diku.dk>
Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Law all <julia@diku.dk>
>
> As observed by Joe Perches, sizeof of a constant string includes the
> trailing 0. If what is wanted is to check the initial characters of
> another string, this trailing 0 should not be taken into account. If an
> exact match is wanted, strcmp should be used instead.
>
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression foo;
> constant char *abc;
> @@
>
> strncmp(foo, abc,
> - sizeof(abc)
> + sizeof(abc)-1
> )
> // </smpl>
>
<snip>
How about this pattern (uses length of first argument):
strncmp(foo, abc,
- sizeof(foo)
?
--
Best regards,
Jörg-Volker.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-12 10:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-12 7:48 [PATCH 1/4] drivers/net/enic: decrement sizeof size in strncmp Julia Lawall
2009-11-12 10:05 ` Jörg-Volker Peetz
2009-11-12 10:17 ` Jörg-Volker Peetz [this message]
2009-11-16 23:46 ` Scott Feldman
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