linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 06/17] dyndbg: dynamic_debug_init

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Message-Id: <20221206003424.592078-7-jim.cromie@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon,  5 Dec 2022 17:34:13 -0700
From:   Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     jani.nikula@...el.com, ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com,
        daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, seanpaul@...omium.org, robdclark@...il.com,
        jbaron@...mai.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 06/17] dyndbg: dynamic_debug_init - use pointer inequality, not strcmp

dynamic_debug_init() currently uses strcmp to find the module
boundaries in the builtin _ddebug[] table.

The table is filled by the linker; for its content, pointer inequality
works, is faster, and communicates the data properties more tightly.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 5d609ff0d559..a0dc681cd215 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
 
 	for (; iter < __stop___dyndbg; iter++, i++, mod_sites++) {
 
-		if (strcmp(modname, iter->modname)) {
+		if (modname != iter->modname) {
 			mod_ct++;
 			di.num_descs = mod_sites;
 			di.descs = iter_mod_start;
-- 
2.38.1