linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fake NUMA emulation for PowerPC

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Date:	Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:33:45 -0500
From:	Dave Quigley <dpquigl@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Cc:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fake NUMA emulation for PowerPC


On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 22:30 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Balbir Singh wrote:
> > +	if (strstr(p, "fake="))
> > +		cmdline = p + 5;	/* 5 is faster than strlen("fake=") */
> 
> Really? My gcc is smart enough to replace the `strlen("fake=")' by 5, even
> without -O.

If some odd reason it doesn't replace it wouldn't it be smarter to do
sizeof("fake="); It should definitely optimize that away to a constant
value and its less prone to error if the string in strstr changes.

> 
> With kind regards,
>  
> Geert Uytterhoeven
> Software Architect
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