linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] softirq: Use const char * const for softirq_to

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Message-ID: <1387898870.2259.48.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Tue, 24 Dec 2013 07:27:50 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] softirq: Use const char * const for
 softirq_to_name, whitespace neatening

On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 23:19 +0800, Wang YanQing wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 01:55:12AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Reduce data size a little.
> > Reduce checkpatch noise.
> > 
> > $ size kernel/softirq.o*
> >    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> >   11554	   6013	   4008	  21575	   5447	kernel/softirq.o.new
> >   11474	   6093	   4008	  21575	   5447	kernel/softirq.o.old
> 
> Hi, could you tell me why this patch could reduce data size?

It moves the softirq_to_name array of 10 char *
from data (non-const) to text (const).

-char *softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS] = {
+const char * const softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS] = {
        "HI", "TIMER", "NET_TX", "NET_RX", "BLOCK", "BLOCK_IOPOLL",
        "TASKLET", "SCHED", "HRTIMER", "RCU"
 };

Use objdump or "make kernel/softirq.lst" and inspect
the object code produced to see for yourself.

cheers, Joe

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