Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: iop-adma: make array 'handler' static const, makes object smaller

[Vinod Koul]

On 05-09-19, 17:37, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Don't populate the array 'handler' on the stack but instead make it
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 80 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   38225	   9084	     64	  47373	   b90d	drivers/dma/iop-adma.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   38081	   9148	     64	  47293	   b8bd	drivers/dma/iop-adma.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/iop-adma.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/iop-adma.c b/drivers/dma/iop-adma.c
> index a3f942a6a946..4dc5478fc156 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/iop-adma.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/iop-adma.c
> @@ -1359,9 +1359,11 @@ static int iop_adma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	iop_adma_device_clear_err_status(iop_chan);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
> -		irq_handler_t handler[] = { iop_adma_eot_handler,
> -					iop_adma_eoc_handler,
> -					iop_adma_err_handler };
> +		static const irq_handler_t handler[] = {
> +			iop_adma_eot_handler,
> +			iop_adma_eoc_handler,
> +			iop_adma_err_handler

would it not be more apt to declare the handler outside the loop!

> +		};
>  		int irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, i);
>  		if (irq < 0) {
>  			ret = -ENXIO;
> -- 
> 2.20.1

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~Vinod