[PATCH 2/2] kernel/trace: change "char *" string form to "char []"

From: liqiong
Date: Thu May 12 2022 - 10:34:06 EST


The "char []" string form declares a single variable. It is better
than "char *" which creates two variables in the final assembly.

Signed-off-by: liqiong <liqiong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 2 +-
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index f4de111fa18f..62a3451be0e0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ static void print_func_help_header_irq(struct array_buffer *buf, struct seq_file
unsigned int flags)
{
bool tgid = flags & TRACE_ITER_RECORD_TGID;
- const char *space = " ";
+ static const char space[] = " ";
int prec = tgid ? 12 : 2;

print_event_info(buf, m);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 44db5ba9cabb..6925ea1b08e7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -4161,7 +4161,7 @@ static int create_val_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
return __create_val_field(hist_data, val_idx, file, NULL, field_str, 0);
}

-static const char *no_comm = "(no comm)";
+static const char no_comm[] = "(no comm)";

static u64 hist_field_execname(struct hist_field *hist_field,
struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
--
2.25.1