b43: make const arrays static, reduces object code size

Kalle Valo kvalo at codeaurora.org
Mon Sep 25 01:30:45 PDT 2017


Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>
> 
> Don't populate const arrays on the stack, instead make them static.
> Makes the object code smaller by over 60 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   14816	   1296	      0	  16112	   3ef0	b43/phy_ht.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   14551	   1496	      0	  16047	   3eaf	b43/phy_ht.o
> 
> (gcc 6.3.0, x86-64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king at canonical.com>

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

96cbe3d638e4 b43: make const arrays static, reduces object code size

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