linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwlegacy: make array interval static, makes object smaller

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Message-Id: <20191009082832.7B8BC61AC6@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Wed,  9 Oct 2019 08:28:31 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlegacy: make array interval static, makes object smaller

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

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the array interval on the stack but instead make it
> static. Makes the object code smaller by 121 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  167797	  29676	    448	 197921	  30521	wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  167580	  29772	    448	 197800	  304a8	wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

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

55047fb783e0 iwlegacy: make array interval static, makes object smaller

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11177531/

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