On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:51:48 -0800
Joe Perches <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 17:34 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:25:52 +0200 Rasmus Villemoes 
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Using seq_printf to print a simple string or a single character is a
> > > lot more expensive than it needs to be, since seq_puts and seq_putc
> > > exist.
> []
> > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> []
> > @@ -556,13 +556,13 @@ static int function_stat_cmp(void *p1, void *p2)
> > >  static int function_stat_headers(struct seq_file *m)
> > >  {
> > >  #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> > > - seq_printf(m, "  Function                               "
> > > -            "Hit    Time            Avg             s^2\n"
> > > -               "  --------                               "
> > > -            "---    ----            ---             ---\n");
> > > + seq_puts(m,
> > > +          "  Function                               " "Hit    Time       
> > >      Avg             s^2\n"
> > > +          "  --------                               " "---    ----       
> > >      ---             ---\n");
> > 
> > Please keep the original format. I know that it's considered bad form
> > to split strings like this, but I consider this one of the exceptions
> > to the rule.
> 
> Why is that?
> 
> btw: when the strings fragments are put on the same line,
> it's nicer to take out the intermediate joining " " bits too.
> 
> I'd've probably used 2 seq_puts calls like:
> 
>       seq_puts(m, "  Function                               Hit    Time       
>      Avg             s^2\n");
>       seq_puts(m, "  --------                               ---    ----       
>      ---             ---\n");
> 

In this case it's just that I hate that big white space followed by
content.

Maybe I'll change my mind in the future, but for now, I'd rather just
leave it as is.

-- Steve


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