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FromRusty Russell <>
SubjectRe: [TRIVIAL] kstrdup
DateSat, 19 Apr 2003 14:14:00 +1000
In message <3E9FB2E9.9040308@pobox.com> you write:
> Rusty Trivial Russell wrote:> > +char *kstrdup(const char *s, int gfp)> > +{> > +	char *buf = kmalloc(strlen(s)+1, gfp);> > +	if (buf)> > +		strcpy(buf, s);> > +	return buf;> > +}> > You should save the strlen result to a temp var, and then s/strcpy/memcpy/

Completely disagree.  Write the most straightforward code possible,
and then if there proves to be a problem, optimize.  Optimizations
where there's no actual performance problem should be left to the
compiler.

Case in point: gcc-3.2 on -O2 on Intel is one instruction longer for
your version.

Hope that helps,
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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