linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: speedstep: remove unnecessary static in speedstep_detect

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 09:23:44 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>,
        linux@...inikbrodowski.net
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: speedstep: remove unnecessary static in
 speedstep_detect_chipset()

+ Dominic,

On 04-07-17, 22:09, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Remove unnecessary static on local variable hostbridge.
> Such variable is initialized before being used,
> on every execution path throughout the function.
> The static has no benefit and, removing it reduces
> the code size.
> 
> This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
> 
> @bad exists@
> position p;
> identifier x;
> type T;
> @@
> 
> static T x@p;
> ...
> x = <+...x...+>
> 
> @@
> identifier x;
> expression e;
> type T;
> position p != bad.p;
> @@
> 
> -static
>  T x@p;
>  ... when != x
>      when strict
> ?x = e;
> 
> In the following log you can see the difference in the code size. Also,
> there is a significant difference in the bss segment. This log is the
> output of the size command, before and after the code change:
> 
> before:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    5084    3392     256    8732    221c drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.o
> 
> after:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    5062    3304     192    8558    216e drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c b/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
> index b86953a..0412a24 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static unsigned int speedstep_detect_chipset(void)
>  		 * 8100 which use a pretty old revision of the 82815
>  		 * host bridge. Abort on these systems.
>  		 */
> -		static struct pci_dev *hostbridge;
> +		struct pci_dev *hostbridge;

This was added way back Sep'02 by Dominic (@Dominic: I hope you are the same
Dominic with a different email id) and I don't think we need it to be static
here. Anyway, Dominic can respond on that.

commit 1673f3b404bd ("[PATCH] CPUfreq i386 drivers update")

(Note: You can find it in history kernel git repo, not the current one).

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

-- 
viresh