linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: Make protection lookup tables static

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Date:   Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:27:58 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:     <linuxarm@...wei.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: Make protection lookup tables static

On 07/01/2019 16:57, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-01-07 at 22:41 +0800, John Garry wrote:
>> Currently the protection lookup tables in sd_prot_flag_mask() and
>> sd_prot_op() are declared non-static. As such, they will be rebuilt for
>> each respective function call.
>>
>> Optimise by making them static.
>>
>> This saves ~100B object code for sd.c:
>>
>> Before:
>>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>>   25403	   1024	     16	  26443	   674b	drivers/scsi/sd.o
>>
>> After:
>>   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>>   25299	   1024	     16	  26339	   66e3	drivers/scsi/sd.o
>
> Since the sd_prot_op() function only has a single caller, please move it from sd.h
> into sd.c.

Can do, as long as no one has objection.

Function sd_prot_flag_mask() also has a single caller AFAICS, so this 
could also be relocated.

Cheers,
John

>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart.
>
>