linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: make arrays static, makes object smaller

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Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 12:26:15 -0400
From:   Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: make arrays static, makes object smaller

On 10/7/19 9:53 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate const arrays on the stack but instead make them
> static. Makes the object code smaller by 60 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    15133	   8768	      0	  23901	   5d5d	realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.o
>    15209	   6392	      0	  21601	   5461	realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8723b.o
>   103254	  31202	    576	 135032	  20f78	realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.o
> 
> After:
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    14861	   9024	      0	  23885	   5d4d	realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.o
>    14953	   6616	      0	  21569	   5441	realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8723b.o
>   102986	  31458	    576	 135020	  20f6c	realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Looks fine to me!

Assume you mean x86_64 since there's no such thing as an amd64 
architecture :)

Cheers,
Jes