In upcoming patches we make calls to match_atom_name() with the '*'
deref specifier still attached to the atom name. Subsequent patches
will call match_atom_name() with the '*' deref specifier still
attached to the atom name so, as a convenience, skip over it on their
behalf.
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <Karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx>
---
ref-filter.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 575d293..b54c872 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ static int match_atom_name(const char *name, const char *atom_name, const char *
{
const char *body;
+ /* skip the deref specifier */
+ if (name[0] == '*')
+ name++;
+
if (!skip_prefix(name, atom_name, &body))
return 0; /* doesn't even begin with "atom_name" */
if (!body[0]) {
--
2.6.4
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