From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kalle Valo Subject: Re: b43: make const arrays static, reduces object code size Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <20170925083044.D348A6025D@smtp.codeaurora.org> References: <20170922153902.15372-1-colin.king@canonical.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Colin Ian King Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170922153902.15372-1-colin.king@canonical.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Colin Ian King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King > > Don't populate const arrays on the stack, instead make them static. > Makes the object code smaller by over 60 bytes: > > Before: > text data bss dec hex filename > 14816 1296 0 16112 3ef0 b43/phy_ht.o > > After: > text data bss dec hex filename > 14551 1496 0 16047 3eaf b43/phy_ht.o > > (gcc 6.3.0, x86-64) > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks. 96cbe3d638e4 b43: make const arrays static, reduces object code size -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9966415/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches