Don't populate the const array dots on the stack but make it static const and make the pointer an array to remove a dereference. Shrinks object code a few bytes too. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c index 1e9ff28bc2e0..2c69a0c30632 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/uv_nmi.c @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static void uv_nmi_dump_cpu_ip(int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs) */ static void uv_nmi_dump_state_cpu(int cpu, struct pt_regs *regs) { - const char *dots = " ................................. "; + static const char dots[] = " ................................. "; if (cpu == 0) uv_nmi_dump_cpu_ip_hdr(); -- 2.33.1