netdev - Re: mwifiex: make const array tos_to_ac static, reduces object code size

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:24:59 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@...vell.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxm@...vell.com>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mwifiex: make const array tos_to_ac static,
 reduces object code size

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

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the read-only const array tos_to_ac on the stack,
> instead make it static. Makes the object code smaller by 250 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   26104	   2720	    128	  28952	   7118	wmm.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   25758	   2816	    128	  28702	   701e	wmm.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

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

7dfb0ebd022b mwifiex: make const array tos_to_ac static, reduces object code size

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9960331/

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