linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fpga: mgr: altera-ps-spi: make array dummy static, shrinks object size

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:49:04 +0000
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Alan Tull <atull@...nel.org>, Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>,
        linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fpga: mgr: altera-ps-spi: make array dummy static,
 shrinks object size

ping?

On 29/11/2018 23:10, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the const array dummy on the stack but instead
> make it static. Makes the object code smaller by 26 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    7371	   2032	      0	   9403	   24bb	drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    7281	   2096	      0	   9377	   24a1	drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.o
> 
> (gcc version 8.2.0 x86_64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c
> index 8c18beec6b57..678d0115f840 100644
> --- a/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-ps-spi.c
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int altera_ps_write_complete(struct fpga_manager *mgr,
>  				    struct fpga_image_info *info)
>  {
>  	struct altera_ps_conf *conf = mgr->priv;
> -	const char dummy[] = {0};
> +	static const char dummy[] = {0};
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	if (gpiod_get_value_cansleep(conf->status)) {
>