linux-kernel - Re: Minor optimization in parse_subsystem_tracepoint

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Message-ID: <20091207071008.GE10868@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:10:08 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, fweisbec@...il.com,
	jaswinderrajput@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paulus@...ba.org
Subject: Re: Minor optimization in parse_subsystem_tracepoint_event


* Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com> wrote:

> Uses of strcat are almost always signs that someone is too lazy to think
> about the code a bit more carefully.  One always has to know about the
> lengths of the strings involved to avoid buffer overflows.
> 
> This is one case where the size of the object code for me is reduced by
> 38 bytes.  The code should also be faster, especially if flags is non-NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks a lot Ulrich!

	Ingo
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