netdev - [PATCH] net: 3c509: make the array if_names static const, makes object smaller

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Date:   Sun,  1 Aug 2021 16:26:50 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: 3c509: make the array if_names static const, makes object smaller

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

Don't populate the array if_names on the stack but instead it
static const. Makes the object code smaller by 99 bytes.

Before:
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  27886   10752     672   39310    998e ./drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.o

After:
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  27723   10816     672   39211    992b ./drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.o

(gcc version 10.2.0)

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c
index 96cc5fc36eb5..00c4b038be49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c509.c
@@ -514,7 +514,9 @@ static int el3_common_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct el3_private *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int err;
-	const char *if_names[] = {"10baseT", "AUI", "undefined", "BNC"};
+	static const char * const if_names[] = {
+		"10baseT", "AUI", "undefined", "BNC"
+	};
 
 	spin_lock_init(&lp->lock);
 
-- 
2.31.1