Re: [PATCH 6/6] IA64-sn2_smp: Combine two seq_printf() calls into one call in sn2_ptc_seq_show()

[SF Markus Elfring]

>> @@ -494,12 +494,11 @@ static int sn2_ptc_seq_show(struct seq_file *file, void *data)
>>  	int cpu;
>>  
>>  	cpu = *(loff_t *) data;
>> -
>> -	if (!cpu) {
>> +	if (!cpu)
>>  		seq_printf(file,
>> -			   "# cpu ptc_l newrid ptc_flushes nodes_flushed deadlocks lock_nsec shub_nsec shub_nsec_max not_my_mm deadlock2 ipi_fluches ipi_nsec\n");
>> -		seq_printf(file, "# ptctest %d, flushopt %d\n", sn2_ptctest, sn2_flush_opt);
>> -	}
>> +			   "# cpu ptc_l newrid ptc_flushes nodes_flushed deadlocks lock_nsec shub_nsec shub_nsec_max not_my_mm deadlock2 ipi_fluches ipi_nsec\n"
>> +			   "# ptctest %d, flushopt %d\n",
>> +			   sn2_ptctest, sn2_flush_opt);
>>  
>>  	if (cpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(cpu)) {
>>  		stat = &per_cpu(ptcstats, cpu);
> 
> Please think more.
> 
> printf has to inspect character by character looking for
> a vsprintf % character and 0 termination.
> 
> seq_puts does a strlen then memcpy.

Would you prefer to use this function also at this source code place?

Regards,
Markus