On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 11:58:52AM +0000, Sakari Ailus wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 06:09:25PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 03:51:33PM +0000, Sakari Ailus wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 05:29:54PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 02:22:43PM +0200, Sakari Ailus wrote: ... > > > > > + if (memcmp(elements[0].string.pointer, MIPI_IMG_PREFIX, > > > > > + sizeof(MIPI_IMG_PREFIX) - 1)) > > > > > > > > str_has_prefix() > > > > > > str_has_prefix() calls strlen() on prefix on every call. sizeof() will > > > generate much less code --- it's just a number. > > > > Have you tried that? Because the strlen() over const string literals will be > > optimized away on compilation time. > > Actually not. There seem to be an implementation of strlen() in > include/linux/fortify-string.h that would seem to be capable of doing that. > However its use is conditional to kernel configuration. Ah, you missed probably the ability of the complier to find constant literals and replace the strlen() with plain number. You may play with godbolt and see how optimization (-O2) makes this happen. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko