netdev - Re: ath9k: make const array reg_hole_list static, reduces object code size

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Message-ID: <0458c03b374e494892d03dd4b6a889c9@euamsexm01e.eu.qualcomm.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 11:09:11 +0200
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
CC:     QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ath9k: make const array reg_hole_list static,
 reduces object code size

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

> Don't populate the read-only array reg_hole_list on the stack, instead make
> it static.  Makes the object code smaller by over 200 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   57518	  15248	      0	  72766	  11c3e	debug.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   57218	  15344	      0	  72562	  11b72	debug.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

eba0f28473b2 ath9k: make const array reg_hole_list static, reduces object code size

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9960183/

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