[PATCH][next] clk: moxart: Make read-only array div_idx static const

Krzysztof Kozlowski krzk at kernel.org
Thu Jun 19 22:33:10 PDT 2025


On 19/06/2025 22:18, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 19/06/2025 21:53, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> Quoting Colin Ian King (2025-06-19 01:30:35)
>>> Don't populate the read-only array div_idx on the stack at run time,
>>> instead make it static const.
>>
>> Why? This is in __init code so it can be thrown away if it stays on the
>> stack.
> 
> Indeed previous code could be discarded, now will be in rodata, but we
> save several instructions runtime on copying it. Plus the actual binary
> will be slower (really less code), so also loading it will be faster.


s/slower/smaller/

Best regards,
Krzysztof



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