Re: [PATCH rtw-next] wifi: rtw89: Replace hardcoded strings with helper functions

From: Yu-Chun Lin

Date: Wed Sep 24 2025 - 23:59:40 EST


On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 12:43:56AM +0000, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
> Yu-Chun Lin <eleanor15x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 05:50:50AM +0000, Ping-Ke Shih wrote:
> > > Yu-Chun Lin <eleanor15x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Replace hardcoded strings with 'str_on_off()', 'str_enable_disable()',
> > > > and 'str_read_write()'.
> > > >
> > > > The change improves readability and enables potential string deduplication
> > > > by the linker, which may slightly reduce binary size.
> > >
> > > Have you measured the change of binary size? Maybe you can share the result
> > > here.
> > >
> >
> > I tested the patch and did not observe any measurable change in the binary size.
> > The commit message was refers to the description in string-choice.h:
> >
> > "3) Deduping by the linker, which results in a smaller binary file."
>
> It might rely on LTO (link-time optimization).
>

I re-tested with 'LTO_CLANG=y', and the code size remains unchanged before
and after the patch. I will remove the statement
("may slightly reduce binary size") from the v2 commit message.