libbb: introduce and use is_prefixed_with()

function                                             old     new   delta
is_prefixed_with                                       -      18     +18
complete_username                                     78      77      -1
man_main                                             737     735      -2
fsck_device                                          429     427      -2
unpack_ar_archive                                     80      76      -4
strip_unsafe_prefix                                  105     101      -4
singlemount                                         1054    1050      -4
rtc_adjtime_is_utc                                    90      86      -4
resolve_mount_spec                                    88      84      -4
parse_one_line                                      1029    1025      -4
parse_conf                                          1460    1456      -4
may_wakeup                                            83      79      -4
loadkmap_main                                        219     215      -4
get_irqs_from_stat                                   103      99      -4
get_header_cpio                                      913     909      -4
findfs_main                                           79      75      -4
fbsplash_main                                       1230    1226      -4
load_crontab                                         776     771      -5
expand_vars_to_list                                 1151    1146      -5
date_main                                            881     876      -5
skip_dev_pfx                                          30      24      -6
make_device                                         2199    2193      -6
complete_cmd_dir_file                                773     767      -6
run_applet_and_exit                                  715     708      -7
uudecode_main                                        321     313      -8
pwdx_main                                            197     189      -8
execute                                              568     560      -8
i2cdetect_main                                      1186    1176     -10
procps_scan                                         1242    1230     -12
procps_read_smaps                                   1017    1005     -12
process_module                                       746     734     -12
patch_main                                          1903    1891     -12
nfsmount                                            3572    3560     -12
stack_machine                                        126     112     -14
process_timer_stats                                  449     435     -14
match_fstype                                         111      97     -14
do_ipaddr                                           1344    1330     -14
open_list_and_close                                  359     343     -16
get_header_tar                                      1795    1779     -16
prepend_new_eth_table                                340     323     -17
fsck_main                                           1811    1794     -17
find_iface_state                                      56      38     -18
dnsd_main                                           1321    1303     -18
base_device                                          179     158     -21
find_keyword                                         104      82     -22
handle_incoming_and_exit                            2785    2762     -23
parse_and_put_prompt                                 774     746     -28
modinfo                                              347     317     -30
find_action                                          204     171     -33
update_passwd                                       1470    1436     -34
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(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 0/49 up/down: 18/-540)         Total: -522 bytes

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/libbb/compare_string_array.c b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
index 4b10cc1..e24815a 100644
--- a/libbb/compare_string_array.c
+++ b/libbb/compare_string_array.c
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@
 
 #include "libbb.h"
 
+char* FAST_FUNC is_prefixed_with(const char *string, const char *key)
+{
+#if 0	/* Two passes over key - probably slower */
+	int len = strlen(key);
+	if (strncmp(string, key, len) == 0)
+		return string + len;
+	return NULL;
+#else	/* Open-coded */
+	while (*key != '\0') {
+		if (*key != *string)
+			return NULL;
+		key++;
+		string++;
+	}
+	return (char*)string;
+#endif
+}
+
 /* returns the array index of the string */
 /* (index of first match is returned, or -1) */
 int FAST_FUNC index_in_str_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key)
@@ -39,10 +57,9 @@
 int FAST_FUNC index_in_substr_array(const char *const string_array[], const char *key)
 {
 	int i;
-	int len = strlen(key);
-	if (len) {
+	if (key[0]) {
 		for (i = 0; string_array[i] != 0; i++) {
-			if (strncmp(string_array[i], key, len) == 0) {
+			if (is_prefixed_with(string_array[i], key)) {
 				return i;
 			}
 		}