linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] scripts: Add mkstrerror.sh

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Date:	Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:55:10 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@...ox.com>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] scripts: Add mkstrerror.sh

David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

>  (1) Why are you double-NUL'ing all your strings?  (see the \0 in the strings)

Ah...  I see what you're doing.  I missed the fact that you don't have a comma
after each string.

>  (3) You are storing a pointer to the symbolic name for each error.  On a
>      64-bit machine, that's 8 bytes.  If you drop the leading 'E' and the
>      trailing NUL, most symbols will fit into an 8 character slot saving you
>      the cost of a pointer.
>      ...

In which case, you can ignore this too.

David
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