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>,
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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
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2.55.0
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next 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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