2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libnetdata/string/string.c b/libnetdata/string/string.c
index 54b8f171f..e1c8352a5 100644
--- a/libnetdata/string/string.c
+++ b/libnetdata/string/string.c
@@ -338,10 +338,6 @@ inline const char *string2str(STRING *string) {
     return string->str;
 }
 
-int string_strcmp(STRING *string, const char *s) {
-    return strcmp(string2str(string), s);
-}
-
 STRING *string_2way_merge(STRING *a, STRING *b) {
     static STRING *X = NULL;
 
@@ -420,7 +416,7 @@ static char **string_unittest_generate_names(size_t entries) {
     char **names = mallocz(sizeof(char *) * entries);
     for(size_t i = 0; i < entries ;i++) {
         char buf[25 + 1] = "";
-        snprintfz(buf, 25, "name.%zu.0123456789.%zu \t !@#$%%^&*(),./[]{}\\|~`", i, entries / 2 + i);
+        snprintfz(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "name.%zu.0123456789.%zu \t !@#$%%^&*(),./[]{}\\|~`", i, entries / 2 + i);
         names[i] = strdupz(buf);
     }
     return names;
diff --git a/libnetdata/string/string.h b/libnetdata/string/string.h
index 70840ee9a..ba0e3876b 100644
--- a/libnetdata/string/string.h
+++ b/libnetdata/string/string.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ STRING *string_dup(STRING *string);
 void string_freez(STRING *string);
 size_t string_strlen(STRING *string);
 const char *string2str(STRING *string) NEVERNULL;
-int string_strcmp(STRING *string, const char *s);
 
 // keep common prefix/suffix and replace everything else with [x]
 STRING *string_2way_merge(STRING *a, STRING *b);
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ static inline int string_cmp(STRING *s1, STRING *s2) {
     return (s1 == s2)?0:strcmp(string2str(s1), string2str(s2));
 }
 
+static inline int string_strcmp(STRING *string, const char *s) {
+    return strcmp(string2str(string), s);
+}
+
 void string_statistics(size_t *inserts, size_t *deletes, size_t *searches, size_t *entries, size_t *references, size_t *memory, size_t *duplications, size_t *releases);
 
 int string_unittest(size_t entries);