linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] libata-eh: Use switch() instead of sparse array for protocol strings

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Message-ID: <20170109160424.GB12827@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2017 11:04:24 -0500
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     "linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata-eh: Use switch() instead of sparse array for
 protocol strings

Hello,

On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 04:40:19PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> There are two more that annoy me, but I don't know how to fix them:
> 
> ata_scsi_rbuf                                  -    4096   +4096
> ata_force_param_buf                            -    4096   +4096

ata_force_param_buf is __initdata and shouldn't really matter.
ata_scsi_rbuf, hmmm, idk.  Maybe we can allocate it dynamically when
registering the first ATA device so that systems w/o them can avoid
the wastage.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun