[RFC PATCH 06/17] dyndbg: dynamic_debug_init - use pointer inequality, not strcmp

From: Jim Cromie
Date: Mon Dec 05 2022 - 19:35:24 EST


dynamic_debug_init() currently uses strcmp to find the module
boundaries in the builtin _ddebug[] table.

The table is filled by the linker; for its content, pointer inequality
works, is faster, and communicates the data properties more tightly.

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/dynamic_debug.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 5d609ff0d559..a0dc681cd215 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)

for (; iter < __stop___dyndbg; iter++, i++, mod_sites++) {

- if (strcmp(modname, iter->modname)) {
+ if (modname != iter->modname) {
mod_ct++;
di.num_descs = mod_sites;
di.descs = iter_mod_start;
--
2.38.1