netdev - Re: iwlegacy: make const array static to shink object code size

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Message-Id: <20170925082949.EF68E60719@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:29:49 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iwlegacy: make const array static to shink object code size

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

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate const array ac_to_fifo on the stack in an inlined
> function, instead make it static.  Makes the object code smaller
> by over 800 bytes:
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  159029	  33154	   1216	 193399	  2f377	4965-mac.o
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>  158122	  33250	   1216	 192588	  2f04c	4965-mac.o
> 
> (gcc version 7.2.0 x86_64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>

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

9b029e178ea1 iwlegacy: make const array static to shink object code size

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9964889/

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