linux-kernel - Re: [for-next][PATCH 23/24] string.h: Add strncmp

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Date:   Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:08:26 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Tom Zanussi <zanussi@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [for-next][PATCH 23/24] string.h: Add strncmp_prefix() helper
 macro

On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:58:32 +0100
Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:


> > Well, perhaps I can just remove the ending ones. I get paranoid with
> > macro variables, and tend to over do it so that there's no question.  
> 
> Why not make it an inline function?

Matters if that removes the strlen(const) optimization. I could try it
and see what happens.

-- Steve