netdev - Re: [PATCH] brcmsmac: make array addr static const, makes object smaller

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Date:   Sat, 21 Aug 2021 19:20:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ineon.com>,
        Chung-hsien Hsu <chung-hsien.hsu@...ineon.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcmsmac: make array addr static const,
 makes object smaller

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

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Don't populate the array addr on the stack but instead it
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 79 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text   data   bss     dec    hex filename
>  176015  54652   128  230795  3858b .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.o
> 
> After:
>    text   data   bss     dec    hex filename
>  175872  54716   128  230716  3853c .../broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.o
> 
> (gcc version 10.3.0)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

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

0dc62413c882 brcmsmac: make array addr static const, makes object smaller

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210819125552.8888-1-colin.king@canonical.com/

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