On 13.09.2013 14:42:44, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> At Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:31:53 +0200,
> Marin Ramesa wrote:
> > diff --git a/device/dev_name.c b/device/dev_name.c
> > index bf541df..6ce4b19 100644
> > --- a/device/dev_name.c
> > +++ b/device/dev_name.c
> > @@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ name_equal(src, len, target)
> > int len;
> > char *target;
> > {
> > - while (--len >= 0)
> > + while (--len >= 0) {
> > if (*src++ != *target++)
> > return FALSE;
> > + if (*src == '\0' && *target != '\0')
> > + return FALSE;
> > + }
>
> Shouldn't this return TRUE?
>
> Neal
I don't think so. The function tests if 'src' and 'target' are equal
for 'len' characters, so if 'src' null-terminates inside the loop and
'target' doesn't, it means that they are not equal (btw in the comments
it says that 'target' is sure to be null-terminated).