When we match a key in is_valid_key() and rte_kvargs_process(), do a strict comparison (strcmp()) instead of using strstr(s1, s2) which tries a find s1 in s2. This old behavior could lead to unexpected match, for instance "cola" match "chocolate".
Surprisingly, no patch was needed on rte_kvargs_count() as it already used strcmp(). Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com> --- lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c index 6aaa316..73034fc 100644 --- a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c +++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.c @@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ is_valid_key(const char *valid[], const char *key_match) { const char **valid_ptr; - for (valid_ptr = valid; *valid_ptr != NULL; valid_ptr++) - if (strstr(key_match, *valid_ptr) != NULL) + for (valid_ptr = valid; *valid_ptr != NULL; valid_ptr++) { + if (strcmp(key_match, *valid_ptr) == 0) return 1; + } return 0; } @@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ rte_kvargs_process(const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist, for (i = 0; i < kvlist->count; i++) { pair = &kvlist->pairs[i]; - if (strstr(pair->key, key_match) != NULL) { + if (strcmp(pair->key, key_match) == 0) { if ((*handler)(pair->value, opaque_arg) < 0) return -1; } -- 1.8.4.rc3