From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Don't populate the const array hw_err on the stack but instead make it static. Makes the object code smaller by 45 bytes: Before: text data bss dec hex filename 100880 21090 1088 123058 1e0b2 linux/net/bluetooth/hci_core.o After: text data bss dec hex filename 100739 21186 1088 123013 1e085 linux/net/bluetooth/hci_core.o (gcc version 8.2.0 x86_64) Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bluetooth/hci_core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c index 7352fe85674b..40cd6b48473a 100644 --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c @@ -3401,7 +3401,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hci_resume_dev); /* Reset HCI device */ int hci_reset_dev(struct hci_dev *hdev) { - const u8 hw_err[] = { HCI_EV_HARDWARE_ERROR, 0x01, 0x00 }; + static const u8 hw_err[] = { HCI_EV_HARDWARE_ERROR, 0x01, 0x00 }; struct sk_buff *skb; skb = bt_skb_alloc(3, GFP_ATOMIC); -- 2.19.1