netdev - Re: b43: make const arrays static, reduces object code size

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Message-Id: <20170925083044.D348A6025D@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:30:44 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: b43: make const arrays static, reduces object code size

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

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate const arrays on the stack, instead make them static.
> Makes the object code smaller by over 60 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   14816	   1296	      0	  16112	   3ef0	b43/phy_ht.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   14551	   1496	      0	  16047	   3eaf	b43/phy_ht.o
> 
> (gcc 6.3.0, x86-64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

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

96cbe3d638e4 b43: make const arrays static, reduces object code size

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9966415/

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