Re: [PATCH 60/62] rt2x00: Use static const

[Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>]

On 11/21/10 03:39, Joe Perches wrote:
> Using static const generally increases object text and decreases data size.
> It also generally decreases overall object size.
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   40197	     56	   8336	  48589	   bdcd	drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.o.new
>   40205	     56	   8336	  48597	   bdd5	drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.o.old
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

For rt2x00 this is just a tiny optimization, but for what it's worth:

Acked-by: Gertjan van Wingerde <gwingerde@gmail.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> index ce8df66..7563161 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800lib.c
> @@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ static int rt2800_init_registers(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
>  					 SHARED_KEY_MODE_ENTRY(i), 0);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
> -		u32 wcid[2] = { 0xffffffff, 0x00ffffff };
> +		static const u32 wcid[2] = { 0xffffffff, 0x00ffffff };
>  		rt2800_register_multiwrite(rt2x00dev, MAC_WCID_ENTRY(i),
>  					      wcid, sizeof(wcid));
>