Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Replace `& 0xfff` with `% 4096u`

[Dan Carpenter]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 08:43:53PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> > $ make drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_xmit.o
> > $ cmp rtw_xmit_before.o rtw_xmit_after.o
> 
> cmp is good but not good enough in general. Here it shows the 1:1
> binary, but in some cases code can be the same, while binaries are
> different. To make sure the code is the same use the bloat-o-meter
> tool instead.
> 

I don't understand what you're saying at all.  cmp shows that the compiler
was automaticall tanslating the "& 0xfff" into "% 04096u" so the resulting
object files are exactly the same.

./scripts/bloat-o-meter just looks at the sizes so it's less useful in
this case.

regards,
dan carpenter