mark error paths as #[cold]

src/desktop.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 
+#[inline]
+#[cold]
+const fn unknown() -> &'static str { "Unknown" }
+
 #[must_use]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "hotpath", hotpath::measure)]
 pub fn get_desktop_info() -> String {
@@ -7,9 +11,9 @@ pub fn get_desktop_info() -> String {
   let desktop_str = unsafe {
     let ptr = libc::getenv(c"XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP".as_ptr());
     if ptr.is_null() {
-      "Unknown"
+      unknown()
     } else {
-      let s = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_str().unwrap_or("Unknown");
+      let s = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_str().unwrap_or_else(|_| unknown());
       s.strip_prefix("none+").unwrap_or(s)
     }
   };
@@ -17,10 +21,10 @@ pub fn get_desktop_info() -> String {
   let backend_str = unsafe {
     let ptr = libc::getenv(c"XDG_SESSION_TYPE".as_ptr());
     if ptr.is_null() {
-      "Unknown"
+      unknown()
     } else {
-      let s = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_str().unwrap_or("Unknown");
+      let s = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_str().unwrap_or_else(|_| unknown());
-      if s.is_empty() { "Unknown" } else { s }
+      if s.is_empty() { unknown() } else { s }
     }
   };
 

src/lib.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ pub mod syscall;
 pub mod system;
 pub mod uptime;
 
-use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use std::{io, mem::MaybeUninit};
+
+#[inline]
+#[cold]
+pub fn last_os_error<T>() -> io::Result<T> {
+  Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+}
 
 /// Wrapper for `libc::utsname` with safe accessor methods
 pub struct UtsName(libc::utsname);
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ impl UtsName {
   pub fn uname() -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
     let mut uts = MaybeUninit::uninit();
     if unsafe { libc::uname(uts.as_mut_ptr()) } != 0 {
-      return Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error());
+      return last_os_error();
     }
     Ok(Self(unsafe { uts.assume_init() }))
   }

src/main.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mod uptime;
 
 use std::io::{self, Cursor, Write};
 
-pub use microfetch_lib::UtsName;
+pub use microfetch_lib::{UtsName, last_os_error};
 
 use crate::{
   desktop::get_desktop_info,

src/syscall.rs

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 use std::io;
 
+use crate::last_os_error;
+
 /// Direct syscall to open a file
 ///
 /// # Returns
@@ -169,6 +171,12 @@ pub unsafe fn sys_close(fd: i32) -> i32 {
   }
 }
 
+#[inline]
+#[cold]
+fn path_too_long() -> io::Result<usize> {
+  Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "Path too long"))
+}
+
 /// Read entire file using direct syscalls. This avoids libc overhead and can be
 /// significantly faster for small files.
 ///
@@ -182,7 +190,7 @@ pub fn read_file_fast(path: &str, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
   // Use stack-allocated buffer for null-terminated path (max 256 bytes)
   let path_bytes = path.as_bytes();
   if path_bytes.len() >= 256 {
-    return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput, "Path too long"));
+    return path_too_long();
   }
 
   let mut path_buf = [0u8; 256];
@@ -192,14 +200,14 @@ pub fn read_file_fast(path: &str, buffer: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
   unsafe {
     let fd = sys_open(path_buf.as_ptr(), O_RDONLY);
     if fd < 0 {
-      return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+      return last_os_error();
     }
 
     let bytes_read = sys_read(fd, buffer.as_mut_ptr(), buffer.len());
     let _ = sys_close(fd);
 
     if bytes_read < 0 {
-      return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+      return last_os_error();
     }
 
     #[allow(clippy::cast_sign_loss)]

src/system.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 use std::{ffi::CStr, fmt::Write as _, io, mem::MaybeUninit};
 
-use crate::{UtsName, colors::COLORS, syscall::read_file_fast};
+use crate::{colors::COLORS, last_os_error, syscall::read_file_fast, UtsName};
+
+#[inline]
+#[cold]
+const fn unknown_user() -> &'static str { "unknown_user" }
+
+#[inline]
+#[cold]
+const fn unknown_host() -> &'static str { "unknown_host" }
 
 #[must_use]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "hotpath", hotpath::measure)]
@@ -8,12 +16,12 @@ pub fn get_username_and_hostname(utsname: &UtsName) -> String {
   let username = unsafe {
     let ptr = libc::getenv(c"USER".as_ptr());
     if ptr.is_null() {
-      "unknown_user"
+      unknown_user()
     } else {
-      CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_str().unwrap_or("unknown_user")
+      CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_str().unwrap_or_else(|_| unknown_user())
     }
   };
-  let hostname = utsname.nodename().to_str().unwrap_or("unknown_host");
+  let hostname = utsname.nodename().to_str().unwrap_or_else(|_| unknown_host());
 
   let capacity = COLORS.yellow.len()
     + username.len()
@@ -35,13 +43,17 @@ pub fn get_username_and_hostname(utsname: &UtsName) -> String {
   result
 }
 
+#[inline]
+#[cold]
+const fn unknown_shell() -> &'static str { "unknown_shell" }
+
 #[must_use]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "hotpath", hotpath::measure)]
 pub fn get_shell() -> String {
   unsafe {
     let ptr = libc::getenv(c"SHELL".as_ptr());
     if ptr.is_null() {
-      return "unknown_shell".into();
+      return unknown_shell().into();
     }
 
     let bytes = CStr::from_ptr(ptr).to_bytes();
@@ -63,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn get_root_disk_usage() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
   let path = b"/\0";
 
   if unsafe { libc::statvfs(path.as_ptr().cast(), vfs.as_mut_ptr()) } != 0 {
-    return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+    return last_os_error();
   }
 
   let vfs = unsafe { vfs.assume_init() };

src/uptime.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::{io, mem::MaybeUninit};
 
+use crate::last_os_error;
+
 /// Faster integer to string conversion without the formatting overhead.
 #[inline]
 fn itoa(mut n: u64, buf: &mut [u8]) -> &str {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn get_current() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
   let uptime_seconds = {
     let mut info = MaybeUninit::uninit();
     if unsafe { sys_sysinfo(info.as_mut_ptr()) } != 0 {
-      return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
+      return last_os_error();
     }
     #[allow(clippy::cast_sign_loss)]
     unsafe {