netdev - RE: [PATCH] fsl/fman: make arrays port_ids static, reduces object code size

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Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2017 07:14:12 +0000
From:   Madalin-cristian Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] fsl/fman: make arrays port_ids static, reduces object
 code size

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin King [mailto:colin.king@...onical.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 4:25 PM
> Subject: [PATCH] fsl/fman: make arrays port_ids static, reduces object
> code size
> 
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the arrays port_ids on the stack, instead make them static.
> Makes the object code smaller by over 700 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   28785	   5832	    192	  34809	   87f9	fman.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   27921	   5992	    192	  34105	   8539	fman.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks,
Madalin