linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 01/12][resend] vsprintf: factorize "(null)" string

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Date:	Thu,  3 Dec 2009 12:48:57 -0200
From:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 01/12][resend] vsprintf: factorize "(null)" string

Change "<NULL>" to "(null)", unifying 3 equal strings.
glibc also uses "(null)" for the same purpose.

It decreases code size by 7 bytes:
 text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
15765       0       8   15773    3d9d vsprintf.o (ex lib/lib.a-BEFORE)
15758       0       8   15766    3d96 vsprintf.o (ex lib/lib.a-AFTER)

Signed-off-by: André Goddard Rosa <andre.goddard@...il.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
---
 lib/vsprintf.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 33bed5e..fe56825 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -546,12 +546,12 @@ static char *number(char *buf, char *end, unsigned long long num,
 	return buf;
 }
 
-static char *string(char *buf, char *end, char *s, struct printf_spec spec)
+static char *string(char *buf, char *end, const char *s, struct printf_spec spec)
 {
 	int len, i;
 
 	if ((unsigned long)s < PAGE_SIZE)
-		s = "<NULL>";
+		s = "(null)";
 
 	len = strnlen(s, spec.precision);
 
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ do {									\
 			size_t len;
 			if ((unsigned long)save_str > (unsigned long)-PAGE_SIZE
 					|| (unsigned long)save_str < PAGE_SIZE)
-				save_str = "<NULL>";
+				save_str = "(null)";
 			len = strlen(save_str);
 			if (str + len + 1 < end)
 				memcpy(str, save_str, len + 1);
-- 
1.6.5.2.180.gc5b3e.dirty

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