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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2015-10-09 17:59:56 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2015-10-09 17:59:56 +0200
commite52da5570eb93d6cb2950e55c48bd22edb5a9f18 (patch)
treee76f2f6dd399a131f52e2b5951ba99e1399a2179 /libbb/auto_string.c
parent550bf5b4a418378cd8f9fbbf5252fe57acdacb5a (diff)
downloadbusybox-e52da5570eb93d6cb2950e55c48bd22edb5a9f18.tar.gz
libbb: auto_string() for efficient handling of temporary malloced stirngs
Use it in libiproute: get rid of one static string buffer. function old new delta auto_string - 51 +51 ll_index_to_name 10 49 +39 buffer_fill_and_print 169 178 +9 scan_recursive 378 380 +2 decode_one_format 732 734 +2 cmdputs 334 332 -2 static.cur_saved 4 1 -3 static.nbuf 16 - -16 printable_string 94 57 -37 ll_idx_n2a 53 - -53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (add/remove: 2/2 grow/shrink: 4/3 up/down: 103/-111) Total: -8 bytes text data bss dec hex filename 939880 992 17496 958368 e9fa0 busybox_old 939880 992 17480 958352 e9f90 busybox_unstripped Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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diff --git a/libbb/auto_string.c b/libbb/auto_string.c
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Denys Vlasenko
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
+ */
+//kbuild:lib-y += auto_string.o
+
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+char* FAST_FUNC auto_string(char *str)
+{
+ static char *saved[4];
+ static uint8_t cur_saved; /* = 0 */
+
+ free(saved[cur_saved]);
+ saved[cur_saved] = str;
+ cur_saved = (cur_saved + 1) & (ARRAY_SIZE(saved)-1);
+
+ return str;
+}