linux-kernel - Re: Source code review around jump label usage

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Message-ID: <n4f2vk$ds1$1@ger.gmane.org>
Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:00:19 +0100
From:	Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Source code review around jump label usage

Le 11/12/2015 13:08, SF Markus Elfring a écrit :
> How does the text length distribution look like for the used jump targets?
>
> ╔════════╤═══════════╗
> ║ length │ incidence ║
> ╠════════╪═══════════╣
> ║      1 │         2 ║
> ║      2 │        29 ║
> ║      3 │     10640 ║
> ║      4 │      3564 ║
> ║      5 │      1714 ║
> ║      6 │      1162 ║
> ║      7 │      1245 ║
> ║      8 │       881 ║
> ║      9 │       787 ║
> ║     10 │      1252 ║
> ║   …    │     …     ║
> ║     35 │         4 ║
> ║     36 │         1 ║
> ║     37 │         2 ║
> ║     38 │         1 ║
> ║     39 │         1 ║
> ╚════════╧═══════════╝
>

Maybe having a look at the 1 or 2 chars long labels would make sense.
They are likely to be too short for being of any use.

IMHO, too long labels may also reduce readability.

Best regards,
CJ

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