[PATCH] reboot: use a lookup table for hw_protection_action strings

From: Bradley Morgan

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 14:09:55 EST


Replace the switch and if else chains with one table.

Signed-off-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/reboot.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/reboot.c b/kernel/reboot.c
index 41a2519755aa..bed6967bfa96 100644
--- a/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -938,16 +938,18 @@ void orderly_reboot(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(orderly_reboot);

+/* DEFAULT is NULL: a sentinel, not a real action. */
+static const char *const hw_protection_action_strs[] = {
+ [HWPROT_ACT_SHUTDOWN] = "shutdown",
+ [HWPROT_ACT_REBOOT] = "reboot",
+};
+
static const char *hw_protection_action_str(enum hw_protection_action action)
{
- switch (action) {
- case HWPROT_ACT_SHUTDOWN:
- return "shutdown";
- case HWPROT_ACT_REBOOT:
- return "reboot";
- default:
+ if (action >= ARRAY_SIZE(hw_protection_action_strs) ||
+ !hw_protection_action_strs[action])
return "undefined";
- }
+ return hw_protection_action_strs[action];
}

static enum hw_protection_action hw_failure_emergency_action;
@@ -1055,14 +1057,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__hw_protection_trigger);
static bool hw_protection_action_parse(const char *str,
enum hw_protection_action *action)
{
- if (sysfs_streq(str, "shutdown"))
- *action = HWPROT_ACT_SHUTDOWN;
- else if (sysfs_streq(str, "reboot"))
- *action = HWPROT_ACT_REBOOT;
- else
- return false;
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hw_protection_action_strs); i++) {
+ if (hw_protection_action_strs[i] &&
+ sysfs_streq(str, hw_protection_action_strs[i])) {
+ *action = i;
+ return true;
+ }
+ }

- return true;
+ return false;
}

static int __init hw_protection_setup(char *str)
--
2.53.0