linux-kernel - Re: hwmon: (w83793): make const array watchdog

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Message-ID: <20171001141625.GA32284@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Sun, 1 Oct 2017 07:16:25 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Rudolf Marek <r.marek@...embler.cz>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: hwmon: (w83793): make const array watchdog_minors static,
 reduces object code size

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 03:36:20PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate const array watchdog_minors on the stack, instead make it
> static. Makes the object code smaller by over 350 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   48019	  38144	    256	  86419	  15193	drivers/hwmon/w83793.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   47574	  38232	    256	  86062	  1502e	drivers/hwmon/w83793.o
> 
> (gcc 6.3.0, x86-64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied to hwmon-next.

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/w83793.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c
> index dab5c515d5a3..5ba9d9f1daa1 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c
> @@ -1676,7 +1676,9 @@ static int w83793_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  			const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>  {
>  	struct device *dev = &client->dev;
> -	const int watchdog_minors[] = { WATCHDOG_MINOR, 212, 213, 214, 215 };
> +	static const int watchdog_minors[] = {
> +		WATCHDOG_MINOR, 212, 213, 214, 215
> +	};
>  	struct w83793_data *data;
>  	int i, tmp, val, err;
>  	int files_fan = ARRAY_SIZE(w83793_left_fan) / 7;