Merge tag 'v4.0-rc1' into patchwork

Linux 34.0-rc1

* tag 'v4.0-rc1': (8947 commits)
  Linux 4.0-rc1
  autofs4 copy_dev_ioctl(): keep the value of ->size we'd used for allocation
  procfs: fix race between symlink removals and traversals
  debugfs: leave freeing a symlink body until inode eviction
  Documentation/filesystems/Locking: ->get_sb() is long gone
  trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive()
  fanotify: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions
  Cachefiles: Fix up scripted S_ISDIR/S_ISREG/S_ISLNK conversions
  VFS: (Scripted) Convert S_ISLNK/DIR/REG(dentry->d_inode) to d_is_*(dentry)
  SELinux: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
  Smack: Use d_is_positive() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
  TOMOYO: Use d_is_dir() rather than d_inode and S_ISDIR()
  Apparmor: Use d_is_positive/negative() rather than testing dentry->d_inode
  Apparmor: mediated_filesystem() should use dentry->d_sb not inode->i_sb
  VFS: Split DCACHE_FILE_TYPE into regular and special types
  VFS: Add a fallthrough flag for marking virtual dentries
  VFS: Add a whiteout dentry type
  VFS: Introduce inode-getting helpers for layered/unioned fs environments
  kernel: make READ_ONCE() valid on const arguments
  blk-throttle: check stats_cpu before reading it from sysfs
  ...

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 10063300b830..ce81aaec3839 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ int strncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncasecmp);
 #endif
-#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNICMP
-#undef strnicmp
-int strnicmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len)
-{
-	return strncasecmp(s1, s2, len);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnicmp);
-#endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCASECMP
 int strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
@@ -321,12 +313,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strchrnul);
  */
 char *strrchr(const char *s, int c)
 {
-       const char *p = s + strlen(s);
-       do {
-           if (*p == (char)c)
-               return (char *)p;
-       } while (--p >= s);
-       return NULL;
+	const char *last = NULL;
+	do {
+		if (*s == (char)c)
+			last = s;
+	} while (*s++);
+	return (char *)last;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strrchr);
 #endif
@@ -604,6 +596,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
  * @s: Pointer to the start of the area.
  * @count: The size of the area.
  *
+ * Note: usually using memset() is just fine (!), but in cases
+ * where clearing out _local_ data at the end of a scope is
+ * necessary, memzero_explicit() should be used instead in
+ * order to prevent the compiler from optimising away zeroing.
+ *
  * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as
  * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly.
  */