RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] net/ixgbevf: make array api static const, makes object smaller

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Colin King
> Sent: Friday, September 6, 2019 4:34 AM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>; David S . Miller
> <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] net/ixgbevf: make array api static const,
> makes object smaller
> 
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Don't populate the array api on the stack but instead make it static const.
> Makes the object code smaller by 58 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   82969	   9763	    256	  92988	  16b3c	ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   82815	   9859	    256	  92930	  16b02	ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 14 ++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@xxxxxxxxx>





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