* Allocate ide_hwif_t instances dynamically and remove ide_hwifs[]. This cuts almost ~14kB from ide-probe.o (x86-32, MAX_HWIFS == 10): text data bss dec hex filename 9140 40 14084 23264 5ae0 drivers/ide/ide-probe.o.before 9169 40 44 9253 2425 drivers/ide/ide-probe.o.after * Remove no longer needed ide_init_port_data() call from ide_unregister(). Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ide/ide-probe.c | 10 ++++++---- drivers/ide/ide.c | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c @@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ #include <asm/uaccess.h> #include <asm/io.h> -static ide_hwif_t ide_hwifs[MAX_HWIFS]; /* master data repository */ - /** * generic_id - add a generic drive id * @drive: drive to make an ID block for @@ -1589,15 +1587,18 @@ struct ide_host *ide_host_alloc_all(cons if (hws[i] == NULL) continue; + hwif = kzalloc(sizeof(*hwif), GFP_KERNEL); + if (hwif == NULL) + continue; + idx = ide_find_port_slot(d); if (idx < 0) { printk(KERN_ERR "%s: no free slot for interface\n", d ? d->name : "ide"); + kfree(hwif); continue; } - hwif = &ide_hwifs[idx]; - ide_init_port_data(hwif, i); host->ports[i] = hwif; @@ -1761,6 +1762,7 @@ void ide_host_remove(struct ide_host *ho ide_unregister(hwif); ide_free_port_slot(hwif->index); + kfree(hwif); } kfree(host); Index: b/drivers/ide/ide.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ide/ide.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c @@ -232,10 +232,6 @@ void ide_unregister(ide_hwif_t *hwif) if (hwif->dma_base) ide_release_dma_engine(hwif); - - /* restore hwif data to pristine status */ - ide_init_port_data(hwif, hwif->index); - abort: spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock); mutex_unlock(&ide_cfg_mtx); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html