From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Don't populate array chip_name on the stack but instead make it static. Makes the object code smaller by 40 bytes: Before: text data bss dec hex filename 5641 2840 384 8865 22a1 drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.o After: text data bss dec hex filename 5545 2896 384 8825 2279 drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.o Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c index d9ba0496713c..7817836bff55 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/w83627hf_wdt.c @@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static int __init wdt_init(void) { int ret; int chip; - const char * const chip_name[] = { + static const char * const chip_name[] = { "W83627HF", "W83627S", "W83697HF", -- 2.11.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html