linux-kernel - [PATCH][V2] staging: rtl8192u: make read-only array EWC11NHTCap static const

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Message-Id: <20220414103650.297396-1-colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:36:50 +0100
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH][V2] staging: rtl8192u: make read-only array EWC11NHTCap static const

Don't populate the read-only array EWC11NHTCap on the stack but instead
make it static const. Also makes the object code a little smaller.
Remove comment.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
---

V2: remove unnecessary comment as per Greg's request

---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c
index 358c35d9589c..a93f09033d9d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/rtl819x_HTProc.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ void HTConstructCapabilityElement(struct ieee80211_device *ieee, u8 *posHTCap, u
 	}
 	memset(posHTCap, 0, *len);
 	if (pHT->ePeerHTSpecVer == HT_SPEC_VER_EWC) {
-		u8	EWC11NHTCap[] = {0x00, 0x90, 0x4c, 0x33};	// For 11n EWC definition, 2007.07.17, by Emily
+		static const u8	EWC11NHTCap[] = {0x00, 0x90, 0x4c, 0x33};
 
 		memcpy(posHTCap, EWC11NHTCap, sizeof(EWC11NHTCap));
 		pCapELE = (struct ht_capability_ele *)&posHTCap[4];
-- 
2.35.1