> So this is probably just a minor performance improvement in a code > path where it really doesn't matter.
I imagine that another small software adjustment can help a bit to get nicer run time characteristics also at this place. >> +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c >> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void ima_show_template_data_ascii(struct seq_file >> *m, >> case DATA_FMT_DIGEST_WITH_ALGO: >> buf_ptr = strnchr(field_data->data, buflen, ':'); >> if (buf_ptr != field_data->data) >> - seq_printf(m, "%s", field_data->data); >> + seq_puts(m, field_data->data); >> >> /* skip ':' and '\0' */ >> buf_ptr += 2; > > That code looks highly suspect! Would you like to change this implementation detail any more? Regards, Markus
