Re: [PATCH 07/11] mfd: Drop unnecessary static

[Kees Cook]

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> > > Drop static on a local variable, when the variable is initialized before
>> > > any possible use.  Thus, the static has no benefit.
>
> Actually... it has possible other benefit -- saving stack space. I've
> used static for that purpose before. So ... careful with the
> automation.

This means any functions like this must not be thread safe, though...

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security