On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 4:06 AM, Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Andy, > > On 2018/6/1 19:34, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> match_string() returns the index of an array for a matching string, >>> which can be used instead of open coded variant. >> >>> @@ -512,10 +512,9 @@ static unsigned long __init mdesc_cpu_hwcap_list(void) >>> break; >>> } >>> } >> >> It seems previous loop also can be replaced. > > No, because the there is an NULL in the middle of the array hwcaps: > static const char *hwcaps[] = { > "flush", "stbar", "swap", "muldiv", "v9", > "ultra3", "blkinit", "n2", > > /* These strings are as they appear in the machine description > * 'hwcap-list' property for cpu nodes. > */ > "mul32", "div32", "fsmuld", "v8plus", "popc", "vis", "vis2", > "ASIBlkInit", "fmaf", "vis3", "hpc", "random", "trans", "fjfmau", > "ima", "cspare", "pause", "cbcond", NULL /*reserved for crypto */, > "adp", > }; Actually you can. What you need is to add string literal instead of NULL and make an additional condition after match_string() in all users (not to many), something like i = match_string(); if (i < 0) ... if (BIT(i) == HWCAP_SPARC_CRYPTO) // or != ... -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html