Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fs/resctrl: Avoid extra call to strlen() in schemata_list_add()

[Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>]

Dear x86 maintainers,

Could you please consider both cleanups in this series for inclusion?

Thank you very much.

Reinette

On 8/21/26 1:11 AM, Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> After passing an overflow check, it's safe to assume that snprintf()
> returns the number of characters emitted. So drop the unnecessary
> call to strlen().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@yandex.ru>
> ---
> v2: adjust title and commit message (Reinette)
> ---
>  fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> index 5dcbb0a964e8..68be9b903ac6 100644
> --- a/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> +++ b/fs/resctrl/rdtgroup.c
> @@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@ static int schemata_list_add(struct rdt_resource *r, enum resctrl_conf_type type
>  {
>  	struct resctrl_schema *s;
>  	const char *suffix = "";
> -	int ret, cl;
> +	int cl;
>  
>  	s = kzalloc_obj(*s);
>  	if (!s)
> @@ -2882,14 +2882,12 @@ static int schemata_list_add(struct rdt_resource *r, enum resctrl_conf_type type
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = snprintf(s->name, sizeof(s->name), "%s%s", r->name, suffix);
> -	if (ret >= sizeof(s->name)) {
> +	cl = snprintf(s->name, sizeof(s->name), "%s%s", r->name, suffix);
> +	if (cl >= sizeof(s->name)) {
>  		kfree(s);
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> -	cl = strlen(s->name);
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * If CDP is supported by this resource, but not enabled,
>  	 * include the suffix. This ensures the tabular format of the