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[PATCH] powerpc/perf: Use strstarts() to simplify is_thread_imc_pmu()

From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-07-04 12:14:55
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Subsystem: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Linus Torvalds

Replace the open-coded implementation with strstarts() to simplify
is_thread_imc_pmu().

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
 arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
index e3822f36c419..1d2db6d3e226 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c
@@ -1023,10 +1023,7 @@ static int thread_imc_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 
 static bool is_thread_imc_pmu(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	if (!strncmp(event->pmu->name, "thread_imc", strlen("thread_imc")))
-		return true;
-
-	return false;
+	return strstarts(event->pmu->name, "thread_imc");
 }
 
 static __be64 *get_event_base_addr(struct perf_event *event)
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