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drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c: make dmi_name_in_vendors more focused
authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:42:36 +0000 (11:42 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:31:55 +0000 (17:31 +1100)
commita497ac7cccc09722d47573ae419741969539717d
tree14adc3069f05fdac6b14bd477fedf84717b64762
parent0018f86fe9af6d32e403f02324af6c855f08b0d6
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c: make dmi_name_in_vendors more focused

The current implementation of dmi_name_in_vendors() is an invitation to
lazy coding and false positives [1].  Searching for a string in 8 know
what you're looking for, so you should know where to look.  strstr isn't
fast, especially when it fails, so we should avoid calling it when it just
can't succeed.

Looking at the current users of the function, it seems clear to me that
they are looking for a system or board vendor name, so let's limit
dmi_name_in_vendors to these two DMI fields.  This much better matches the
function name, BTW.

[1] We currently have code looking for short names in DMI data, such
as "IBM", "ASUS" or "Acer". I let you guess what will happen the day
other vendors ship products named, for example, "SCHREIBMEISTER",
"PEGASUS" or "Acerola".

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c