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

On 4 Jul 2026, at 5:43 PM, Thorsten Blum [off-list ref] wrote:

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

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <redacted>
---
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");
}