linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] pinctrl: actions: pinctrl-s500: Constify s500

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Date:   Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:07:00 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...il.com>
Cc:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-actions@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] pinctrl: actions: pinctrl-s500: Constify s500_padinfo[]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 7:10 PM Cristian Ciocaltea
<cristian.ciocaltea@...il.com> wrote:

> s500_padinfo[] is never modified and should be made 'const' to allow
> the compiler to optimize code generation, i.e. put it in the text
> section instead of the data section.
>
> Before:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   12503    5088       0   17591    44b7 drivers/pinctrl/actions/pinctrl-s500.o
>
> After:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>   14435    3156       0   17591    44b7 drivers/pinctrl/actions/pinctrl-s500.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@...il.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij