linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: make two arrays static const, makes object smaller

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Date:   Fri, 6 Sep 2019 12:50:39 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: make two arrays static const, makes
 object smaller

On 9/6/19 12:39 PM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate two arrays on the stack but instead make them
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 49 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    26821	   5616	      0	  32437	   7eb5	rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
> 
> After:
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    26612	   5776	      0	  32388	   7e84	rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

Thanks,

Larry