linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: Cleanup string initializations (char[] instead of char *)

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Date:	Sat, 17 May 2014 19:58:30 +0200
From:	Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@....de>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Cleanup string initializations (char[] instead of
 char *)

On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 06:21:09PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 05:44:28PM +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> > This particular function would be better of with removing this variable
> > and replacing all pairs like:
> > sprintf(dp, ...);
> > dp += strlen(...)
> > 
> > with:
> > dp += sprintf(dp, ...);
> 
> Sigh...  Premature optimisation and all such... (..)

Well, I was interested in getting rid of this error-prone style, which
results in stuff like:
	sprintf(dp, "\nmask ");
	dp += 6;

... and cleaning up the rest for consistency, will note next time.

I'm new to linux and didn't know about seq_ thingy, will grep some more
next time.

-- 
Mateusz Guzik
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