process_durations() is not a hot path, but there is no good reason to iterate over and over the data already in 'buf'. Using a seq_buf saves some useless strcat() and the need of a temp buffer. Data is written directly at the correct place. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is compile tested only. I introduced a bug in v1 (see 1st item in the changes below), so it should definitively be tested by someone! v1 was un-usable because seq_buf_putc() was not exported. It is now available since v6.7. Because of the changes, I don't know if the previous R-b should kept. In case, it was: Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Changes in v2: - Use seq_buf_printf() alseo for the first string, otherwise it would get lost - Use seq_buf_str() instead of seq_buf_terminate() because the API has changed v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/bbbab32e3e104bdc2238724a6a4a85e539f49ddd.1698512661.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx/ --- kernel/rcu/refscale.c | 25 ++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c index f4ea5b1ec068..cfec0648e141 100644 --- a/kernel/rcu/refscale.c +++ b/kernel/rcu/refscale.c @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ #include <linux/rcupdate_trace.h> #include <linux/reboot.h> #include <linux/sched.h> +#include <linux/seq_buf.h> #include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/smp.h> #include <linux/stat.h> @@ -891,32 +892,34 @@ static u64 process_durations(int n) { int i; struct reader_task *rt; - char buf1[64]; + struct seq_buf s; char *buf; u64 sum = 0; buf = kmalloc(800 + 64, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) return 0; - buf[0] = 0; - sprintf(buf, "Experiment #%d (Format: <THREAD-NUM>:<Total loop time in ns>)", - exp_idx); + seq_buf_init(&s, buf, 800 + 64); + + seq_buf_printf(&s, "Experiment #%d (Format: <THREAD-NUM>:<Total loop time in ns>)", + exp_idx); for (i = 0; i < n && !torture_must_stop(); i++) { rt = &(reader_tasks[i]); - sprintf(buf1, "%d: %llu\t", i, rt->last_duration_ns); if (i % 5 == 0) - strcat(buf, "\n"); - if (strlen(buf) >= 800) { - pr_alert("%s", buf); - buf[0] = 0; + seq_buf_putc(&s, '\n'); + + if (seq_buf_used(&s) >= 800) { + pr_alert("%s", seq_buf_str(&s)); + seq_buf_clear(&s); } - strcat(buf, buf1); + + seq_buf_printf(&s, "%d: %llu\t", i, rt->last_duration_ns); sum += rt->last_duration_ns; } - pr_alert("%s\n", buf); + pr_alert("%s\n", seq_buf_str(&s)); kfree(buf); return sum; -- 2.45.2