Remove unnecessary static on local variable dd. Such variable is initialized before being used, on every execution path throughout the function. The static has no benefit and, removing it reduces the object file size. This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch: https://github.com/GustavoARSilva/coccinelle/blob/master/static/static_unused.cocci In the following log you can see a difference in the object file size. This log is the output of the size command, before and after the code change: before: text data bss dec hex filename 26135 11944 128 38207 953f drivers/crypto/omap-sham.o after: text data bss dec hex filename 26084 11856 64 38004 9474 drivers/crypto/omap-sham.o Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/omap-sham.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/omap-sham.c b/drivers/crypto/omap-sham.c index 9ad9d39..c40ac30 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/omap-sham.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/omap-sham.c @@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ static int omap_sham_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) static int omap_sham_remove(struct platform_device *pdev) { - static struct omap_sham_dev *dd; + struct omap_sham_dev *dd; int i, j; dd = platform_get_drvdata(pdev); -- 2.5.0
