[PATCH] msi-wmi: remove unnecessary static in msi_wmi_notify()

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue Jul 18 2017 - 17:49:46 EST


Remove unnecessary static on local variable _key_. Such variable is
initialized before being used, on every execution path throughout
the function. The static has no benefit and, removing it reduces
the object file size.

This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
https://github.com/GustavoARSilva/coccinelle/blob/master/static/static_unused.cocci

In the following log you can see a significant difference in the object
file size. Also, there is a significant difference in the bss segment.
This log is the output of the size command, before and after the code
change:

before:
text data bss dec hex filename
6530 3736 320 10586 295a drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.o

after:
text data bss dec hex filename
6494 3648 256 10398 289e drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.o

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
index f6209b7..6201382 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static const struct backlight_ops msi_backlight_ops = {
static void msi_wmi_notify(u32 value, void *context)
{
struct acpi_buffer response = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
- static struct key_entry *key;
+ struct key_entry *key;
union acpi_object *obj;
acpi_status status;

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