Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [PATCH 5/8] libelf: loop safety: Replace all calls to 
strcmp"):
> On 09.12.16 at 16:44, <ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com> wrote:
> >          /* other */
> > -        if ( !strcmp(name, "FEATURES") )
> > -            if ( elf_xen_parse_features(value, parms->f_supported,
> > +        if ( !elf_strcmp_safe(elf, name, "FEATURES") )
> > +            if ( elf_xen_parse_features(elf, value, parms->f_supported,
> >                                          parms->f_required) )
> >                  return -1;
> 
> There must be some patch split problem here - this patch does not
> alter the parameters of elf_xen_parse_features(), so the argument
> list can't change here.

Yes.  That part of this hunk should be in
   libelf: loop safety: Pass `elf' to elf_xen_parse_features
I thought I had done a compile test of that individual patch but
I must have messed that up somehow.  I will move that change.

> And one of the then (at least) two patches touching this code could
> then take the opportunity and fold the two if()s into one.

Looking at the surrounding code, I actually prefer it the way it is.
It makes it more like the other similar test/handle pairs.

Thanks,
Ian.

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