netdev - Re: [PATCH] rsi: make array fsm_state static const, makes object smaller

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Message-Id: <20210829083215.90630C43617@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Sun, 29 Aug 2021 08:32:15 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Siva Rebbagondla <siva8118@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rsi: make array fsm_state 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 fsm_state on the stack but instead it
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 154 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    9213	   3904	      0	  13117	   333d	.../wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_debugfs.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    8995	   3968	      0	  12963	   32a3	.../wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_debugfs.o
> 
> (gcc version 10.3.0)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

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

f4c813641897 rsi: make array fsm_state static const, makes object smaller

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210819125018.8577-1-colin.king@canonical.com/

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