The patch titled Subject: lib/vsprintf.c: another small hack has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-vsprintfc-another-small-hack.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/lib-vsprintfc-another-small-hack.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/lib-vsprintfc-another-small-hack.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/vsprintf.c: another small hack Making ZEROPAD == '0'-' ', we can eliminate a few more instructions. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/vsprintf.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/vsprintf.c~lib-vsprintfc-another-small-hack lib/vsprintf.c --- a/lib/vsprintf.c~lib-vsprintfc-another-small-hack +++ a/lib/vsprintf.c @@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ int num_to_str(char *buf, int size, unsi } #define SIGN 1 /* unsigned/signed, must be 1 */ -#define ZEROPAD 2 /* pad with zero */ +#define LEFT 2 /* left justified */ #define PLUS 4 /* show plus */ #define SPACE 8 /* space if plus */ -#define LEFT 16 /* left justified */ +#define ZEROPAD 16 /* pad with zero, must be 16 == '0' - ' ' */ #define SMALL 32 /* use lowercase in hex (must be 32 == 0x20) */ #define SPECIAL 64 /* prefix hex with "0x", octal with "0" */ @@ -467,7 +467,8 @@ char *number(char *buf, char *end, unsig } /* zero or space padding */ if (!(spec.flags & LEFT)) { - char c = (spec.flags & ZEROPAD) ? '0' : ' '; + char c = ' ' + (spec.flags & ZEROPAD); + BUILD_BUG_ON(' ' + ZEROPAD != '0'); while (--spec.field_width >= 0) { if (buf < end) *buf = c; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are lib-vsprintfc-eliminate-some-branches.patch lib-vsprintfc-reduce-stack-use-in-number.patch lib-vsprintfc-eliminate-duplicate-hex-string-array.patch lib-vsprintfc-another-small-hack.patch linux-bitmaph-improve-bitmap_lastfirst_word_mask.patch rtc-mc13xxx-fix-obfuscated-and-wrong-format-string.patch lib-lz4-pull-out-constant-tables.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html