Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, 2018-03-15 at 14:57 +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 06:22:07PM -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote: >> > >> > SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > >> > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 09:03:42 +0100 >> > > >> > > Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better reused >> > > at the end of this function. >> > > >> > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. >> > > >> > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > > --- >> > > arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_file_64.c | 28 ++++++++++++---------------- >> > > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) >> > >> > I liked it. Thanks! >> > >> > Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > >> >> You know that compilers already re-use string constants so this doesn't >> actually save memory? > > And modern compilers create their own jump labels > so this doesn't change object code either? IMHO it's an improvement to the source code itself. I wasn't thinking about the object file. -- Thiago Jung Bauermann IBM Linux Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
