linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2.6.29-rc] regulator: minor cleanup of virtual consumer

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Date:	Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:06:15 -0800
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, lrg@...mlogic.co.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.29-rc] regulator: minor cleanup of virtual consumer

On Thursday 15 January 2009, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > -	else if (strncmp(buf, "standby", strlen("standby")) == 0)
> > +	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "standby\n") == 0)
> >  		mode = REGULATOR_MODE_STANDBY;
> 
> we don't need the \n's, do we?

No, but ...

That's what saves an extra couple dozen bytes of
memory ... the strings, with newlines, are used
to *write* these sysfs attributes.

- Dave



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