linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 5/8] drivers/base/core.c: Use strreplace

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2015 23:28:57 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 5/8] drivers/base/core.c: Use strreplace

On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 11:37:12AM +0200, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> This eliminates a local variable and a little .text.

Hmm...

>  	*tmp = kstrdup(dev_name(dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!*tmp)
>  		return NULL;
> -	while ((s = strchr(*tmp, '!')))
> -		s[0] = '/';
> +	strreplace((char *)*tmp, '!', '/');
>  	return *tmp;

That cast isn't nice.  Why not make it
	s = kstrdup(...)
	if (s)
		strreplace(s, ...)
	return *tmp = s;
instead?
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