* user is bound as somebody in the same namespace as
                         * the entry, OR the given dn matches the dn pattern
                         */
-                       if ( ber_bvcmp( &b->a_dn_pat, &aci_bv_anonymous ) == 0 ) {
+                       if ( bvmatch( &b->a_dn_pat, &aci_bv_anonymous ) ) {
                                if ( op->o_ndn.bv_len != 0 ) {
                                        continue;
                                }
 
-                       } else if ( ber_bvcmp( &b->a_dn_pat, &aci_bv_users ) == 0 ) {
+                       } else if ( bvmatch( &b->a_dn_pat, &aci_bv_users ) ) {
                                if ( op->o_ndn.bv_len == 0 ) {
                                        continue;
                                }
 
-                       } else if ( ber_bvcmp( &b->a_dn_pat, &aci_bv_self ) == 0 ) {
+                       } else if ( bvmatch( &b->a_dn_pat, &aci_bv_self ) ) {
                                if ( op->o_ndn.bv_len == 0 ) {
                                        continue;
                                }
 
        int     i;
 
        for ( i = 0; be->be_nsuffix != NULL && be->be_nsuffix[i].bv_val != NULL; i++ ) {
-               if ( ber_bvcmp( &be->be_nsuffix[i], bvsuffix ) == 0 ) {
+               if ( bvmatch( &be->be_nsuffix[i], bvsuffix ) ) {
                        return( 1 );
                }
        }
 
                {
                        struct berval bv = BER_BVC( LDAP_EXOP_START_TLS );
-                       if( ber_bvcmp( opdata, &bv ) == 0 ) {
+                       if( bvmatch( opdata, &bv ) ) {
                                session++;
                                starttls++;
                                break;
 
                {
                        struct berval bv = BER_BVC( LDAP_EXOP_X_WHO_AM_I );
-                       if( ber_bvcmp( opdata, &bv ) == 0 ) {
+                       if( bvmatch( opdata, &bv ) ) {
                                break;
                        }
                }
 
 
                ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock( &conn->c_mutex );
                if ( conn->c_sasl_bind_in_progress ) {
-                       if((ber_bvcmp(&conn->c_sasl_bind_mech, &mech) != 0)) {
+                       if( !bvmatch( &conn->c_sasl_bind_mech, &mech ) ) {
                                /* mechanism changed between bind steps */
                                slap_sasl_reset(conn);
                        }
 
        struct extop_list *ext;
 
        for (ext = list; ext; ext = ext->next) {
-               if (ber_bvcmp(&ext->oid, oid) == 0)
+               if (bvmatch(&ext->oid, oid))
                        return(ext);
        }
        return(NULL);
 
                                        k, ocvalues[k].bv_val, sup->soc_cname.bv_val );
 #endif
 #endif
-                               if( ber_bvcmp( &ocvalues[k], &sup->soc_cname ) == 0 ) {
+                               if( bvmatch( &ocvalues[k], &sup->soc_cname ) ) {
                                        found++;
                                        break;
                                }