Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 09/22] batman-adv: Replace strnicmp with strncasecmp

[Antonio Quartulli]

On 16/09/14 22:51, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> The kernel used to contain two functions for length-delimited,
> case-insensitive string comparison, strnicmp with correct semantics
> and a slightly buggy strncasecmp. The latter is the POSIX name, so
> strnicmp was renamed to strncasecmp, and strnicmp made into a wrapper
> for the new strncasecmp to avoid breaking existing users.
> 
> To allow the compat wrapper strnicmp to be removed at some point in
> the future, and to avoid the extra indirection cost, do
> s/strnicmp/strncasecmp/g.
> 
> Cc: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: b.a.t.m.a.n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you



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Antonio Quartulli

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