If the parameters for batch are more than 2, check argc first can return immediately, no need to use is_prefix() to check "file" with a little overhead and then check argc, it is better to check "file" only when the parameters for batch are 2. Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c index 741e50e..337ab79 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.c @@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ static int do_batch(int argc, char **argv) if (argc < 2) { p_err("too few parameters for batch"); return -1; - } else if (!is_prefix(*argv, "file")) { - p_err("expected 'file', got: %s", *argv); - return -1; } else if (argc > 2) { p_err("too many parameters for batch"); return -1; + } else if (!is_prefix(*argv, "file")) { + p_err("expected 'file', got: %s", *argv); + return -1; } NEXT_ARG(); -- 2.1.0