ngx_strcasecmp()/ngx_strncasecmp()
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c b/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c
index 9e4b30a..e06315e 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c
@@ -883,10 +883,10 @@
 
     value = cf->args->elts;
 
-    if (ngx_strcasecmp(value[1].data, "on") == 0) {
+    if (ngx_strcasecmp(value[1].data, (u_char *) "on") == 0) {
         *fp = 1;
 
-    } else if (ngx_strcasecmp(value[1].data, "off") == 0) {
+    } else if (ngx_strcasecmp(value[1].data, (u_char *) "off") == 0) {
         *fp = 0;
 
     } else {
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_inet.c b/src/core/ngx_inet.c
index 09ff014..de4cae2 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_inet.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_inet.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
     len = u->url.len;
     p = u->url.data;
 
-    if (ngx_strncasecmp(p, "unix:", 5) == 0) {
+    if (ngx_strncasecmp(p, (u_char *) "unix:", 5) == 0) {
 
 #if (NGX_HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN)
 
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_string.c b/src/core/ngx_string.c
index e12edbd..fe8cfac 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_string.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_string.c
@@ -428,6 +428,68 @@
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * We use ngx_strcasecmp()/ngx_strncasecmp() for 7-bit ASCII string only,
+ * and implement our own ngx_strcasecmp()/ngx_strncasecmp()
+ * to avoid libc locale overhead.  Besides, we use the ngx_uint_t's
+ * instead of the u_char's, because they are slightly faster.
+ */
+
+ngx_int_t
+ngx_strcasecmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2)
+{
+    ngx_uint_t  c1, c2;
+
+    for ( ;; ) {
+        c1 = (ngx_uint_t) *s1++;
+        c2 = (ngx_uint_t) *s2++;
+
+        c1  = (c1 >= 'A' && c1 <= 'Z') ? (c1 | 0x20) : c1;
+        c2  = (c2 >= 'A' && c2 <= 'Z') ? (c2 | 0x20) : c2;
+
+        if (c1 == c2) {
+
+            if (c1) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        return c1 - c2;
+    }
+}
+
+
+ngx_int_t
+ngx_strncasecmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2, size_t n)
+{
+    ngx_uint_t  c1, c2;
+
+    while (n) {
+        c1 = (ngx_uint_t) *s1++;
+        c2 = (ngx_uint_t) *s2++;
+
+        c1  = (c1 >= 'A' && c1 <= 'Z') ? (c1 | 0x20) : c1;
+        c2  = (c2 >= 'A' && c2 <= 'Z') ? (c2 | 0x20) : c2;
+
+        if (c1 == c2) {
+
+            if (c1) {
+                n--;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        return c1 - c2;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 ngx_int_t
 ngx_rstrncmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2, size_t n)
 {
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_string.h b/src/core/ngx_string.h
index 6700639..1565000 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_string.h
+++ b/src/core/ngx_string.h
@@ -24,29 +24,12 @@
 } ngx_keyval_t;
 
 
-#define ngx_string(str)  { sizeof(str) - 1, (u_char *) str }
-#define ngx_null_string  { 0, NULL }
+#define ngx_string(str)     { sizeof(str) - 1, (u_char *) str }
+#define ngx_null_string     { 0, NULL }
 
 
-#define ngx_tolower(c)     (u_char) ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c | 0x20) : c)
-#define ngx_toupper(c)     (u_char) ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c & ~0x20) : c)
-
-
-#if (NGX_WIN32)
-
-#define ngx_strncasecmp(s1, s2, n)                                           \
-                           strnicmp((const char *) s1, (const char *) s2, n)
-#define ngx_strcasecmp(s1, s2)                                               \
-                           stricmp((const char *) s1, (const char *) s2)
-
-#else
-
-#define ngx_strncasecmp(s1, s2, n)                                           \
-                           strncasecmp((const char *) s1, (const char *) s2, n)
-#define ngx_strcasecmp(s1, s2)                                               \
-                           strcasecmp((const char *) s1, (const char *) s2)
-
-#endif
+#define ngx_tolower(c)      (u_char) ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') ? (c | 0x20) : c)
+#define ngx_toupper(c)      (u_char) ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') ? (c & ~0x20) : c)
 
 
 #define ngx_strncmp(s1, s2, n)  strncmp((const char *) s1, (const char *) s2, n)
@@ -128,6 +111,9 @@
 u_char * ngx_cdecl ngx_snprintf(u_char *buf, size_t max, const char *fmt, ...);
 u_char *ngx_vsnprintf(u_char *buf, size_t max, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 
+ngx_int_t ngx_strcasecmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2);
+ngx_int_t ngx_strncasecmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2, size_t n);
+
 ngx_int_t ngx_rstrncmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2, size_t n);
 ngx_int_t ngx_rstrncasecmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2, size_t n);
 ngx_int_t ngx_memn2cmp(u_char *s1, u_char *s2, size_t n1, size_t n2);