Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 05/16/2003 19:45:47
On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 02:44:09AM +1000, matthew green wrote:
> this change, among many others, is converting *safe* strc*()
> calls into strl* ones. is there any particular reason you are
> doing this? you are making the kernel slower for *no good
> reason*.
From the diffs, I don't think you'll ever notice the difference;
the changes are not in any "fast" paths whatsoever. And I don't
think that the speed difference between the two is so big either.
And I agree with itojun that it's just the safer API to use.
Thomas