[PATCH] lib/string.c: make strncmp() smaller

[Alexey Dobriyan]

Space savings on x86_64:

        add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-29 (-29)
        Function                                     old     new   delta
        strncmp                                       67      38     -29

Space savings on arm:

        add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-60 (-60)
        Function                                     old     new   delta
        strncmp                                      116      56     -60

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobri...@gmail.com>
---

 lib/string.c |   10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -344,16 +344,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strcmp);
  */
 int strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t count)
 {
-       unsigned char c1, c2;
+       while (count--) {
+               unsigned int c1 = *(unsigned char *)cs++;
+               unsigned int c2 = *(unsigned char *)ct++;
 
-       while (count) {
-               c1 = *cs++;
-               c2 = *ct++;
                if (c1 != c2)
-                       return c1 < c2 ? -1 : 1;
+                       return c1 - c2;
                if (!c1)
                        break;
-               count--;
        }
        return 0;
 }