Re: [PATCH][V3] libata: make static arrays const, reduces object code size

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Sep 19 2017 - 14:54:17 EST


On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 09:39:52AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Don't populate const arrayis on the stack, instead make them static.
> Makes the object code smaller by over 260 bytes:
>
> Before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 64864 5948 4128 74940 124bc drivers/ata/libata-scsi.o
>
> After:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 64183 6364 4128 74675 123b3 drivers/ata/libata-scsi.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to libata/for-4.15.

Thanks.

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tejun