On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 02:36, Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch allows the use of modaliases on scsi targets to correctly
> load scsi device handler modules when the devices are found.
> +++ linux-2.6.28/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
> @@ -454,4 +454,10 @@ struct dmi_system_id {
>
> #define DMI_MATCH(a, b) { a, b }
>
> +struct scsi_dh_device_id {
> + unsigned char type;
> + char vendor[9];
> + char model[17];
> +};
Doesn't the static array waste space, when used for the long lists of
entries stuffed in arrays of this structure? It will carry a lot of \0
chars, and identical strings can not be de-duplicated by the compiler,
unlike when pointers are used?
Thanks,
Kay
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