> If you play the "smaller executable object code" card, people expect that > you provide the actual numbers, too. I can offer another bit of information for this software development discussion. The affected source file can be compiled for the processor architecture “x86_64” by a tool like “GCC 6.4.1+r251631-1.3” from the software distribution “openSUSE Tumbleweed” with the following command example. my_cc=/usr/bin/gcc-6 \ && my_module=drivers/net/usb/sr9800.ko \ && git checkout next-20171009 \ && make -j4 CC="${my_cc}" HOSTCC="${my_cc}" allmodconfig "${my_module}" \ && size "${my_module}" \ && git checkout ':/^sr9800: Use common error handling code in sr9800_phy_powerup' \ && make -j4 CC="${my_cc}" HOSTCC="${my_cc}" allmodconfig "${my_module}" \ && size "${my_module}" Do you find the following details useful for further clarification? text: -47 data: 0 bss: 0 Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html