Re: [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string support, mean it

From	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string support, mean it
Date	2016-05-29 19:20 +0200
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Hi George,

On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 2:12 PM, George Spelvin
<linux@sciencehorizons.net> wrote:
> From 4b237fc0c5addf58ef0e0bbd3740d64007c36375 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: George Spelvin <linux@sciencehorizons.net>
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 08:05:56 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string suppor mean it.
>
> hash_name() is not changed for speed, but the more general
> purpose hashlen_string need to support zero-length strings.
>
> Signed-off-by: George Spelvin <linux@sciencehorizons.net>
> Fixes: fcfd2fbf22d2587196890103d41e3d554c47da0e

FTR:
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

test_hash: __hash_32() has no arch implementation to test.
test_hash: hash_32() has no arch implementation to test.
test_hash: hash_64() has no arch implementation to test.
test_hash: 33152 tests passed.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Thread

Build errors in mainline due to "fs/namei.c:,Add hashlen_string()  function" Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-05-29 07:20 +0200
  [PATCH] Rename other copy of hash_string to hashlen_string "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net> - 2016-05-29 07:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] Rename other copy of hash_string to hashlen_string Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-05-29 12:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] Rename other copy of hash_string to hashlen_string "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net> - 2016-05-29 14:10 +0200
      [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string support, mean it "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net> - 2016-05-29 14:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] fs/namei.c. If we way we want zero-length string support,  mean it Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2016-05-29 19:20 +0200
      [PATCH] fs/namei.c: Update !CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS case "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net> - 2016-05-29 14:50 +0200
  Re: Build errors in mainline due to "fs/namei.c:,Add hashlen_string() function" "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net> - 2016-05-29 07:30 +0200
  Re: Build errors in mainline due to "fs/namei.c:,Add hashlen_string() function" "George Spelvin" <linux@sciencehorizons.net> - 2016-05-29 08:00 +0200

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