linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mscc: make arrays static, makes object smaller

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Date:   Tue, 8 Oct 2019 12:13:20 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mscc: make arrays static, makes object
 smaller

On Mon,  7 Oct 2019 13:03:08 +0100, 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 1058 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   29879	   6144	      0	  36023	   8cb7	drivers/net/phy/mscc.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   28437	   6528	      0	  34965	   8895	drivers/net/phy/mscc.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied to net-next, thanks.