From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>,
"Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@kernel.org>,
"Nick Desaulniers" <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
"Bill Wendling" <morbo@google.com>,
"Justin Stitt" <justinstitt@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list),
llvm@lists.linux.dev (open list:CLANG/LLVM BUILD
SUPPORT:Keyword:b(?i:clang|llvm)b)
Subject: [PATCH ath-next] ath9k: eeprom: alias vpdTableI onto vpdTableL to shrink stack frame
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:41:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617234105.284358-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
vpdTableL, vpdTableR, and vpdTableI are never live simultaneously.
vpdTableL and vpdTableR are consumed during the frequency-interpolation
step that writes vpdTableI; after the if/else they are never read
again. Reuse vpdTableL for the interpolated result (what was
vpdTableI), reducing the stack frame by one 256-byte array.
The read-via-write in the else branch is safe: ath9k_hw_interpolate()
receives vpdTableL[i][j] by value as a function argument before the
return value is written back to vpdTableL[i][j].
Stack frame size change (x86_64, clang):
before: 0x440 (1088 B)
after: 0x330 (816 B)
Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
index df58dc02e104..272491ae9f29 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/eeprom.c
@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_gain_boundaries_pdadcs(struct ath_hw *ah,
[AR5416_MAX_PWR_RANGE_IN_HALF_DB];
static u8 vpdTableR[AR5416_NUM_PD_GAINS]
[AR5416_MAX_PWR_RANGE_IN_HALF_DB];
- static u8 vpdTableI[AR5416_NUM_PD_GAINS]
- [AR5416_MAX_PWR_RANGE_IN_HALF_DB];
u8 *pVpdL, *pVpdR, *pPwrL, *pPwrR;
u8 minPwrT4[AR5416_NUM_PD_GAINS];
@@ -509,7 +507,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_gain_boundaries_pdadcs(struct ath_hw *ah,
data_9287[idxL].pwrPdg[i],
data_9287[idxL].vpdPdg[i],
intercepts,
- vpdTableI[i]);
+ vpdTableL[i]);
}
} else if (eeprom_4k) {
for (i = 0; i < numXpdGains; i++) {
@@ -519,7 +517,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_gain_boundaries_pdadcs(struct ath_hw *ah,
data_4k[idxL].pwrPdg[i],
data_4k[idxL].vpdPdg[i],
intercepts,
- vpdTableI[i]);
+ vpdTableL[i]);
}
} else {
for (i = 0; i < numXpdGains; i++) {
@@ -529,7 +527,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_gain_boundaries_pdadcs(struct ath_hw *ah,
data_def[idxL].pwrPdg[i],
data_def[idxL].vpdPdg[i],
intercepts,
- vpdTableI[i]);
+ vpdTableL[i]);
}
}
} else {
@@ -568,7 +566,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_gain_boundaries_pdadcs(struct ath_hw *ah,
vpdTableR[i]);
for (j = 0; j <= (maxPwrT4[i] - minPwrT4[i]) / 2; j++) {
- vpdTableI[i][j] =
+ vpdTableL[i][j] =
(u8)(ath9k_hw_interpolate((u16)
FREQ2FBIN(centers.
synth_center,
@@ -605,11 +603,11 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_gain_boundaries_pdadcs(struct ath_hw *ah,
(minPwrT4[i] / 2)) -
tPdGainOverlap + 1 + minDelta);
}
- vpdStep = (int16_t)(vpdTableI[i][1] - vpdTableI[i][0]);
+ vpdStep = (int16_t)(vpdTableL[i][1] - vpdTableL[i][0]);
vpdStep = (int16_t)((vpdStep < 1) ? 1 : vpdStep);
while ((ss < 0) && (k < (AR5416_NUM_PDADC_VALUES - 1))) {
- tmpVal = (int16_t)(vpdTableI[i][0] + ss * vpdStep);
+ tmpVal = (int16_t)(vpdTableL[i][0] + ss * vpdStep);
pPDADCValues[k++] = (u8)((tmpVal < 0) ? 0 : tmpVal);
ss++;
}
@@ -621,17 +619,17 @@ void ath9k_hw_get_gain_boundaries_pdadcs(struct ath_hw *ah,
tgtIndex : sizeCurrVpdTable;
while ((ss < maxIndex) && (k < (AR5416_NUM_PDADC_VALUES - 1))) {
- pPDADCValues[k++] = vpdTableI[i][ss++];
+ pPDADCValues[k++] = vpdTableL[i][ss++];
}
- vpdStep = (int16_t)(vpdTableI[i][sizeCurrVpdTable - 1] -
- vpdTableI[i][sizeCurrVpdTable - 2]);
+ vpdStep = (int16_t)(vpdTableL[i][sizeCurrVpdTable - 1] -
+ vpdTableL[i][sizeCurrVpdTable - 2]);
vpdStep = (int16_t)((vpdStep < 1) ? 1 : vpdStep);
if (tgtIndex >= maxIndex) {
while ((ss <= tgtIndex) &&
(k < (AR5416_NUM_PDADC_VALUES - 1))) {
- tmpVal = (int16_t)((vpdTableI[i][sizeCurrVpdTable - 1] +
+ tmpVal = (int16_t)((vpdTableL[i][sizeCurrVpdTable - 1] +
(ss - maxIndex + 1) * vpdStep));
pPDADCValues[k++] = (u8)((tmpVal > 255) ?
255 : tmpVal);
--
2.54.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-17 23:41 UTC|newest]
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2026-06-17 23:41 Rosen Penev [this message]
2026-06-18 9:51 ` [PATCH ath-next] ath9k: eeprom: alias vpdTableI onto vpdTableL to shrink stack frame Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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