Re: [PATCH 2/2] rtlwifi: rtl8192de: make arrays static const, makes object smaller

[Joe Perches]

On Sat, 2021-07-31 at 13:40 +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Don't populate arrays the stack but instead make them static const
> Makes the object code smaller by 852 bytes.
[]
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/phy.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/phy.c
[]
> @@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ static void _rtl92d_phy_switch_rf_setting(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u8 channel)
>  
> 
>  u8 rtl92d_get_rightchnlplace_for_iqk(u8 chnl)
>  {
> -	u8 channel_all[59] = {
> +	static const u8 channel_all[59] = {
>  		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
>  		36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58,
>  		60, 62, 64, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112,
> @@ -3220,7 +3220,7 @@ void rtl92d_phy_config_macphymode_info(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
>  u8 rtl92d_get_chnlgroup_fromarray(u8 chnl)
>  {
>  	u8 group;
> -	u8 channel_info[59] = {
> +	static const u8 channel_info[59] = {
>  		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
>  		36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56,
>  		58, 60, 62, 64, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108,

These two arrays (channel_info and channel_all) are identical but
laid out differently and could be combined and use a single name.