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The current implementation of dmi_name_in_vendors() is an invitation to
authorJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Wed, 3 Aug 2011 00:52:44 +0000 (10:52 +1000)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:50:36 +0000 (11:50 +1000)
commitd54e30bc10d55242c0920813d6d93be4f2933da6
treea166bcee66f5e36e374b7de9137ea8e3a51c9eb2
parent7adc6b8f6996b736c0dab60032941f1bd59b9af0
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