linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] clk: moxart: remove unnecessary statics

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:30:26 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] clk: moxart: remove unnecessary statics

On 07/04, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Remove unnecessary static on local variable _base_ in both functions
> moxart_of_pll_clk_init() and moxart_of_apb_clk_init(). Such variables
> are initialized before being used, on every execution path throughout
> the mentioned functions. The statics have no benefit and, removing
> them reduce the code size.
> 
> This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
> 
> @bad exists@
> position p;
> identifier x;
> type T;
> @@
> 
> static T x@p;
> ...
> x = <+...x...+>
> 
> @@
> identifier x;
> expression e;
> type T;
> position p != bad.p;
> @@
> 
> -static
>  T x@p;
>  ... when != x
>      when strict
> ?x = e;
> 
> In the following log you can see the difference in the code size. Also,
> notice that the bss segment is reduced down to zero. This log is the
> output of the size command, before and after the code change:
> 
> before:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    1724     384     128    2236     8bc drivers/clk/clk-moxart.o
> 
> after:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    1697     240       0    1937     791 drivers/clk/clk-moxart.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
> ---

Applied to clk-next

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