Re: iwlegacy: make const array static to shink object code size

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Sep 25 2017 - 04:29:57 EST


Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Don't populate const array ac_to_fifo on the stack in an inlined
> function, instead make it static. Makes the object code smaller
> by over 800 bytes:
>
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 159029 33154 1216 193399 2f377 4965-mac.o
>
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 158122 33250 1216 192588 2f04c 4965-mac.o
>
> (gcc version 7.2.0 x86_64)
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

9b029e178ea1 iwlegacy: make const array static to shink object code size

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