linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: iop-adma: make array 'handler' static const, makes object smaller

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Date:   Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:58:17 +0530
From:   Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, dmaengine@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: iop-adma: make array 'handler' static const,
 makes object smaller

On 05-09-19, 17:37, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the array 'handler' on the stack but instead make it
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 80 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   38225	   9084	     64	  47373	   b90d	drivers/dma/iop-adma.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   38081	   9148	     64	  47293	   b8bd	drivers/dma/iop-adma.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)

Applied, thanks

-- 
~Vinod