netdev - [PATCH iproute2] tunnel: Return constant string without copying it

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:49:14 +0200
From:   Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH iproute2] tunnel: Return constant string without copying it

We return constant string from tnl_strproto(), no need
to copy it to temporary buffer and then return such
buffer as const: return constant string instead.

Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
---
 ip/tunnel.c |   25 +++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ip/tunnel.c b/ip/tunnel.c
index f860103..946a36c 100644
--- a/ip/tunnel.c
+++ b/ip/tunnel.c
@@ -39,33 +39,22 @@
 
 const char *tnl_strproto(__u8 proto)
 {
-	static char buf[16];
-
 	switch (proto) {
 	case IPPROTO_IPIP:
-		strcpy(buf, "ip");
-		break;
+		return "ip";
 	case IPPROTO_GRE:
-		strcpy(buf, "gre");
-		break;
+		return "gre";
 	case IPPROTO_IPV6:
-		strcpy(buf, "ipv6");
-		break;
+		return "ipv6";
 	case IPPROTO_ESP:
-		strcpy(buf, "esp");
-		break;
+		return "esp";
 	case IPPROTO_MPLS:
-		strcpy(buf, "mpls");
-		break;
+		return "mpls";
 	case 0:
-		strcpy(buf, "any");
-		break;
+		return "any";
 	default:
-		strcpy(buf, "unknown");
-		break;
+		return "unknown";
 	}
-
-	return buf;
 }
 
 int tnl_get_ioctl(const char *basedev, void *p)
-- 
1.7.10.4