Re: [PATCH] 2.6.4-rc2: scripts/modpost.c

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 11:40:18AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 22:37, Daniel Mack wrote:
> 
> > --- linux-2.6.4-rc2.orig/scripts/modpost.c      2004-03-04 11:40:21.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.6.4-rc2/scripts/modpost.c   2004-03-04 11:23:08.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -63,16 +63,16 @@
> >  new_module(char *modname)
> >  {
> >         struct module *mod;
> > -       char *p;
> > +       int len;
> >  
> >         mod = NOFAIL(malloc(sizeof(*mod)));
> >         memset(mod, 0, sizeof(*mod));
> >         mod->name = NOFAIL(strdup(modname));
> >  
> >         /* strip trailing .o */
> > -       p = strstr(mod->name, ".o");
> > -       if (p)
> > -               *p = 0;
> > +       len = strlen(mod->name);
> > +       if (len > 2 && mod->name[len-2] == '.' && mod->name[len-1] == 'o')
> > +               mod->name[len-2] = 0;
> >  
> >         /* add to list */
> >         mod->next = modules;
> 
> Please use strrchr(mod->name, '.').  More readable, simpler, and ever
> arguably more correct.
OK.
I have some pending modpost changes (to fix MODULE_VERSION with O=),
so I will include the fix there.

	Sam
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