Re: [PATCH/RFC 04/10] ref-filter: skip deref specifier in match_atom_name()

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On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 4:41 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <Karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> A bit of explanation about why this change is desirable would be
> welcome. I'm guessing it's because a future patch is going to make
> calls to match_atom_name() with the '*' deref indicator still attached
> to the name, whereas existing code does not do so.
>

Yes, you're correct!
Will add this in, thanks.

-- 
Regards,
Karthik Nayak
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