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Message-ID: <5e11db02-618e-ac60-921f-2971458a4484@users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Mon, 6 Nov 2017 10:00:25 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: video: atmel_lcdfb: Use common error handling code in
 atmel_lcdfb_of_init()

>> If you want to lower the size of strings in this driver, you can do it,
>> but not like this.
> 
> Just so we're clear, GCC already detects and combines it when you use
> the same string constant twice.

Do you distinguish between merging of constants and the combination
of statements for such an use case?

Regards,
Markus