strncmp(str, const, len) is error-prone since the len is
easy to be wrong because of counting error or sizeof(const)
without - 1.

Use the newly introduced str_has_prefix() to substitute
it to make code better.

Signed-off-by: Chuhong Yuan <hsleste...@gmail.com>
---
 arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.c | 2 +-
 arch/ia64/hp/sim/simeth.c          | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.c 
b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.c
index 6d804608dc81..bcb7af27466c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/boot/bootloader.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ start_bootloader (void)
        ssc((long) &stat, 0, 0, 0, SSC_WAIT_COMPLETION);
 
        elf = (struct elfhdr *) mem;
-       if (elf->e_ident[0] == 0x7f && strncmp(elf->e_ident + 1, "ELF", 3) != 
0) {
+       if (elf->e_ident[0] == 0x7f && !str_has_prefix(elf->e_ident + 1, "ELF", 
3)) {
                cons_write("not an ELF file\n");
                return;
        }
diff --git a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simeth.c b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simeth.c
index f39ef2b4ed72..9ad812cd8d0e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simeth.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simeth.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ simeth_open(struct net_device *dev)
 /* copied from lapbether.c */
 static __inline__ int dev_is_ethdev(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-       return ( dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER && strncmp(dev->name, "dummy", 5));
+       return (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER && !str_has_prefix(dev->name, 
"dummy"));
 }
 
 
-- 
2.20.1

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