On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +static inline int dentry_memcmp(const unsigned char *cs,
> + const unsigned char *ct, size_t count)
> +{
> + while (count) {
> + int ret = (*cs != *ct);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + cs++;
> + ct++;
> + count--;
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
Since you are proposing a routine that only compares file
names - I wonder whether it would be faster to start at the
end and work backwards? If the filenames are the same,
it makes no difference - you have to look at all the bytes.
But if they are different you might bail out earlier. There
are many applications that stick a common prefix onto
the start of filenames (just look in "/lib" !), but I think it is
less common to add a suffix (longer than "." single letter).
-Tony
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