linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ssb: make array pwr_info_offset static const, makes object smaller

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Date:   Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:23:35 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Michael Buesch <m@...s.ch>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ssb: make array pwr_info_offset static const,
 makes object smaller

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

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the array pwr_info_offset on the stack but instead make it
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 207 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   26066	   3000	     64	  29130	   71ca	drivers/ssb/pci.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   25763	   3096	     64	  28923	   70fb	drivers/ssb/pci.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Acked-by: Michael Büsch <m@...s.ch>

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

d3bb26868105 ssb: make array pwr_info_offset static const, makes object smaller

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11135599/

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