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From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alx+linux-hardening@kernel.org,
	Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>,
	 Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>,
	 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>,
	 Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>,
	 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl>,
	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>,
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	 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>,
	 Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
	 Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>,
	 Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	 Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 0/2] Add strprefix() and fix a bug with it
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 12:12:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1793876837.git.alx@kernel.org> (raw)

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Hi!

str_has_prefix() is based on sizes and lengths, which means it must
overload the valid length 0 to mean not found.  This is a typical
consequence of choosing to design an API around sizes and lengths, and
vanishes when moving to pointer-based similar APIs.

This patch set adds strprefix(), deprecates str_has_prefix(), and uses
strprefix() in one place to fix a bug reported by Bartosz.

We can later work on replacing the other uses of str_has_prefix(), which
might hide similar bugs.

Testing
~~~~~~~

I've built this patch set with 'allmodconfig'.  I've not run the
resulting kernel, though.


Have a lovely day!
Alex

Alejandro Colomar (2):
  string: Add strprefix(), and deprecate str_has_prefix()
  device property: Fix fwnode_name_eq() for empty node names

 drivers/base/property.c |  5 +----
 include/linux/string.h  | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Range-diff against v0:
-:  ------------ > 1:  9c81f6f62fd0 string: Add strprefix(), and deprecate str_has_prefix()
-:  ------------ > 2:  37eafcd682b0 device property: Fix fwnode_name_eq() for empty node names
-- 
2.55.0


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             reply	other threads:[~2026-11-05 11:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-05 11:12 Alejandro Colomar [this message]
2026-11-05 11:13 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] string: Add strprefix(), and deprecate str_has_prefix() Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 11:27   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-05 12:28     ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 16:14   ` Steven Rostedt
2026-11-05 16:33     ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 16:50       ` Steven Rostedt
2026-11-05 17:46         ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 18:08           ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-05 18:12             ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-05 11:13 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] device property: Fix fwnode_name_eq() for empty node names Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 11:24 ` [PATCH v1 0/2] Add strprefix() and fix a bug with it Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-05 11:38   ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 11:59     ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-05 12:30 ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-05 12:49   ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 12:46 ` [PATCH v2 " Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 12:46   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] string: Add strprefix(), and deprecate str_has_prefix() Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 12:51     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-11-05 13:12       ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 12:46   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] device property: Fix fwnode_name_eq() for empty node names Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 14:01   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Add strprefix() and fix a bug with it Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-05 14:16     ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 14:42       ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-11-05 15:06         ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 15:00       ` Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-11-05 15:14         ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-11-05 15:21       ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-11-05 16:27         ` Steven Rostedt
2026-11-05 16:30           ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-11-05 16:42         ` Alejandro Colomar

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