linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: make array static const and remove redundant assignment

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Message-Id: <20190913134440.17711607CA@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:44:40 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: make array static const and remove
 redundant assignment

Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The array channel_all can be make static const rather than populating
> it on the stack, this makes the code smaller.  Also, variable place
> is being initialized with a value that is never read, so this assignment
> is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  118537	   9591	      0	 128128	  1f480	realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  118331	   9687	      0	 128018	  1f412	realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/phy.o
> 
> Saves 110 bytes, (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

569ce0a486fd rtlwifi: rtl8821ae: make array static const and remove redundant assignment

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11133295/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches