Re: [PATCH 0/9] Drop unnecessary static

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jun 27 2017 - 19:47:49 EST


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> These patches fix cases where there is a static on a local variable, but
> the variable is either first initialized or never used, on every possible
> execution path through the function. The static has no benefit, and
> dropping it reduces the code size.
>
> ---
>
> drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c | 2 +-
> drivers/clocksource/timer-fttmr010.c | 2 +-
> drivers/iio/accel/hid-sensor-accel-3d.c | 2 +-
> drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c | 2 +-
> drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c | 2 +-
> drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c | 2 +-
> drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of_gemini.c | 2 +-
> drivers/power/supply/axp20x_usb_power.c | 2 +-
> drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c | 2 +-
> 9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

It looks like most of these were taken. I pinged the other three. Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security