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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Arjun Sreedharan <arjun024@gmail.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	x86@kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86,boot: standardize strcmp()
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:34:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <550B08A3.70504@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJFMrCFdUo=St93aWbjfZ5sz15WWjuG1ejfqC9t30u7hLwzdzA@mail.gmail.com>

On 03/17/2015 07:13 AM, Arjun Sreedharan wrote:
> 
> On a related note, IMO strcmp() should return {-1,0,1} since many
> programmers just expect this behavior. just my opinion.
> 

I would challenge that assumption, *especially* in the context of kernel
programming.  Let's not waste time on that crap.

	-hpa



  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-03-19 17:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-16 15:37 [PATCH] x86,boot: standardize strcmp() Arjun Sreedharan
2015-03-16 18:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-17  7:46 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-03-17 14:13   ` Arjun Sreedharan
2015-03-18  1:36     ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2015-03-18 18:10       ` Arjun Sreedharan
2015-03-18 18:37       ` Arjun Sreedharan
2015-03-19 17:34     ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2015-03-20 11:42       ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2015-03-17 14:28   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-23 12:23 ` [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: Standardize strcmp() tip-bot for Arjun Sreedharan

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