On Fri, 2017-09-22 at 09:23 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2017, Colin King wrote: > > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Don't populate const array ac_to_fifo on the stack in an inlined > > function, instead make it static. Makes the object code smaller > > by over 800 bytes: > > > > text data bss dec hex filename > > 159029 33154 1216 193399 2f377 4965-mac.o > > > > text data bss dec hex filename > > 158122 33250 1216 192588 2f04c 4965-mac.o > > > > (gcc version 7.2.0 x86_64) > > Gcc 7 must be much more aggressive about inlining than gcc 4. Here is the > change that I got on this file: > > text data bss dec hex filename > - 76346 1494 152 77992 130a8 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o > + 76298 1494 152 77944 13078 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.o > decrease of 48 More likely different CONFIG options. e.g. allyesconfig vs defconfig with wireless
