linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] string: provide strends()

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Message-ID: <aPj3BlmgdnJU9DM4@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:23:50 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] string: provide strends()

On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 03:40:00PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andy.shevchenko@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

...

> > > static inline bool strstarts(const char *str, const char *prefix)

> > >         return strncmp(str, prefix, strlen(prefix)) == 0;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +bool strends(const char *str, const char *suffix);
> >
> > Why not static inline as strstarts()?
> 
> Because it's not a oneliner.

So, and how does it answer the question? What is the obstacle here that it may
not be a static inline few-liner?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko