On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:25:09 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:49:51 +0800 Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Anything which is calling these functions is not performance-sensitive, > > > so optimizing for space is preferred. An out-of-line function which > > > returns a const char * will achieve this? > > I think this helper can achieve this. Because it is tiny enough, the > > compiler will handle this like #define macro (do the replacement) > > without allocating extra functional stack. On the contrary, if it is > > implemented as a non-inline function, it will cause extra functional > > stack when it was called every time. And it also should be implemented > > in a source file (.c file), not in header file(.h file). > > [...] Since I've taken over string maintainership, I've applied this to my tree (where other similar changes are appearing). This should reduce conflicts here... Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks! [1/3] lib/string_choices: Add str_true_false()/str_false_true() helper https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/6ff4cd1160af Take care, -- Kees Cook