linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][V2] ata: pata_artop: make arrays static const, makes object smaller

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Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 07:26:57 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V2] ata: pata_artop: make arrays static const, makes
 object smaller

On 10/6/19 8:29 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the const arrays on the stack but instead make them
> static. Makes the object code smaller by 292 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>     6988	   3132	    128	  10248	   2808	drivers/ata/pata_artop.o
> 
> After:
>     text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>     6536	   3292	    128	   9956	   26e4	drivers/ata/pata_artop.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe