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lib: parser: fix match_wildcard to correctly handle trailing stars
authorInseob Kim <inseob@google.com>
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:06:04 +0000 (11:06 +0900)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 3 Apr 2026 06:36:24 +0000 (23:36 -0700)
commitd01684a2f0f84a3d4210bb76a7ca62c4253b8e93
tree535966674231c927395b59dd8d601304dbd044dd
parent0913b7554726aac089cab89b6f0877dafc30b2a0
lib: parser: fix match_wildcard to correctly handle trailing stars

This fixes a bug in match_wildcard that incorrectly handles trailing
asterisks.  For example, `match_wildcard("abc**", "abc")` must return
true, but it returns false.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260326020630.4139520-1-inseob@google.com
Signed-off-by: Inseob Kim <inseob@google.com>
Cc: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
lib/parser.c