The number of comparisons for a matching a command name can be made smaller by just checking on argv[1]. As an example consider the following 'create' arguments 'hashsize', 'family' and 'timeout'. When having the command create foo hash:ip timeout 60 family inet hashsize 64 it compares without this patch: strcmp("timeout", "hashsize") strcmp("64", "hashsize") strcmp("family", "hashsize") strcmp("inet", "hashsize") strcmp("hashsize", "hashsize") It is worse in practice, as 'create' has more arguments than this. Signed-off-by: Holger Eitzenberger <holger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Index: ipset/src/ipset.c =================================================================== --- ipset.orig/src/ipset.c +++ ipset/src/ipset.c @@ -206,38 +206,35 @@ restore(char *argv0) static int call_parser(int *argc, char *argv[], const struct ipset_arg *args) { - int i = 1, ret = 0; + int ret = 0; const struct ipset_arg *arg; /* Currently CREATE and ADT may have got additional arguments */ - if (!args) - goto done; - for (arg = args; arg->opt; arg++) { - for (i = 1; i < *argc; ) { - D("argc: %u, i: %u: %s vs %s", - *argc, i, argv[i], arg->name[0]); - if (!(ipset_match_option(argv[i], arg->name))) { - i++; + if (!args && *argc > 1) + goto err_unknown; + while (*argc > 1) { + for (arg = args; arg->opt; arg++) { + D("argc: %u, %s vs %s", *argc, argv[1], arg->name[0]); + if (!(ipset_match_option(argv[1], arg->name))) continue; - } + /* Shift off matched option */ D("match %s", arg->name[0]); - ipset_shift_argv(argc, argv, i); - D("argc: %u, i: %u", *argc, i); + ipset_shift_argv(argc, argv, 1); switch (arg->has_arg) { case IPSET_MANDATORY_ARG: - if (i + 1 > *argc) + if (*argc < 2) return exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "Missing mandatory argument " "of option `%s'", arg->name[0]); /* Fall through */ case IPSET_OPTIONAL_ARG: - if (i + 1 <= *argc) { - ret = ipset_call_parser(session, arg, argv[i]); + if (*argc >= 2) { + ret = ipset_call_parser(session, arg, argv[1]); if (ret < 0) return ret; - ipset_shift_argv(argc, argv, i); + ipset_shift_argv(argc, argv, 1); break; } /* Fall through */ @@ -246,14 +243,18 @@ call_parser(int *argc, char *argv[], con if (ret < 0) return ret; } + + break; } + + if (!arg->opt) + goto err_unknown; } -done: - if (i < *argc) - return exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, - "Unknown argument: `%s'", - argv[i]); + return ret; + +err_unknown: + return exit_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM, "Unknown argument: `%s'", argv[1]); } static enum ipset_adt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html