Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] seq_file: Move seq_escape() to a header

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 2:41 AM Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri,  1 Oct 2021 15:29:17 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Move seq_escape() to the header as inliner.
>
> Some reason for doing this would be nice.  Does it make the kernel
> smaller?  Is this performance-sensitive?

It reduces exported namespace, hence makes it smaller, yes.

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> > +#include <linux/string_helpers.h>
>
> Why was this added?

The definition of ESCAPE_OCTAL is there.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko