Re: [PATCH 2/7] tracing: Change strlen to sizeof for hist trigger static strings

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Dec 19 2018 - 15:30:08 EST


On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 12:20:19 -0800
Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Yeah, I had considered it but wasn't sure it was worth it. Since
> > you're suggesting it is, I can send another patch on top of these, or
> > feel free if you want to too. ;-)
>
> I believe the 'strlen("foo") -> sizeof("foo") - 1'
> conversions do not change objects at all.
>
> strlen("constant") is already optimized by gcc to a
> constant value when fed a constant string.

If that's the case (and it probably is), then yeah, strlen is probably
better. As it can handle the "not a constant" that you stated in
another email.

-- Steve


>
> the strcmp_const macro does seem to make sense as
> the copy/paste/typo possibility is real.