… > +++ b/fs/exfat/nls.c … > +int exfat_nls_cmp_uniname(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short *a, > + unsigned short *b) > +{ > + int i; > + > + for (i = 0; i < MAX_NAME_LENGTH; i++, a++, b++) { > + if (exfat_nls_upper(sb, *a) != exfat_nls_upper(sb, *b)) Can it matter to compare run time characteristics with the following code variant? + for (i = 0; i < MAX_NAME_LENGTH; i++) { + if (exfat_nls_upper(sb, a[i]) != exfat_nls_upper(sb, b[i])) Regards, Markus