linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: virtio - constify features[] and id

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Message-ID: <20200709125500.GE31057@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 22:55:00 +1000
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com, arei.gonglei@...wei.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: virtio - constify features[] and id_table[]

On Wed, Jul 01, 2020 at 10:29:36PM +0200, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> features[] and id_table[] are not modified and can be made const to
> allow the compiler to put them in read-only memory.
> 
> Before:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   11534    2056     160   13750    35b6 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_core.o
> 
> After:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   11630    1992     128   13750    35b6 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_core.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_core.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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