linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] be2net: make two arrays static const, makes object smaller

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Message-Id: <20190907.180243.1465656624015319439.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:02:43 +0200 (CEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     sathya.perla@...adcom.com, ajit.khaparde@...adcom.com,
        sriharsha.basavapatna@...adcom.com, somnath.kotur@...adcom.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] be2net: make two arrays static const, makes object
 smaller

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Fri,  6 Sep 2019 12:19:43 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the arrays on the stack but instead make them
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 281 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   87553	   5672	      0	  93225	  16c29	benet/be_cmds.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   87112	   5832	      0	  92944	  16b10	benet/be_cmds.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied.