On 30 October 2017 at 13:15, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:40:39PM +0100, Ulf Hansson wrote: >> On 27 October 2017 at 21:31, SF Markus Elfring >> <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 21:21:40 +0200 >> > >> > Add a jump target so that a specific string copy operation is stored >> > only once at the end of this function implementation. >> > Replace two calls of the function "strncpy" by goto statements. >> > >> > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Thanks, applied for next! >> > > What's the advantage of this patch? The new code seems more complicated > to me and GCC automatically reuses duplicate constant strings so there > is no memory savings. It looked to me that the error path got a bit cleaner. However, I guess it's matter of taste. If you insist, I can drop it. Kind regards Uffe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
