On Sat, 2021-11-27 at 17:26 +0000, Colin Ian King wrote: > Make const pointer desc a static const array, removes a dereference > and shrinks object code a few bytes. > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c > index b2659a4c4016..649b4229e76e 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c > @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static irqreturn_t tis_int_handler(int dummy, void *dev_id) > > static int tpm_tis_gen_interrupt(struct tpm_chip *chip) > { > - const char *desc = "attempting to generate an interrupt"; > + static const char desc[] = "attempting to generate an interrupt"; > u32 cap2; > cap_t cap; > int ret; I'd rather go for: #define TPM_TIS_GEN_INTERRUPT_DESC "attempting to generate an interrupt" /Jarkko