Remove unnecessary static on local variable twl4030_irq_chip. Such variable is initialized before being used, on every execution path throughout the function. The static has no benefit and, removing it reduces the object file size. This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch: @bad exists@ position p; identifier x; type T; @@ static T x@p; ... x = <+...x...+> @@ identifier x; expression e; type T; position p != bad.p; @@ -static T x@p; ... when != x when strict ?x = e; In the following log you can see a significant difference in the object file size. This log is the output of the size command, before and after the code change: before: text data bss dec hex filename 7076 2400 640 10116 2784 drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.o after: text data bss dec hex filename 7119 2344 320 9783 2637 drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.o Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c b/drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c index 378c02d..65d5500 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ int twl4030_sih_setup(struct device *dev, int module, int irq_base) int twl4030_init_irq(struct device *dev, int irq_num) { - static struct irq_chip twl4030_irq_chip; + struct irq_chip twl4030_irq_chip; int status, i; int irq_base, irq_end, nr_irqs; struct device_node *node = dev->of_node; -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html