Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1172164AbdDXSTw (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:19:52 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:55814 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S973332AbdDXSTA (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:19:00 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:18:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20170424.141858.74081542058277927.davem@davemloft.net> To: karim.eshapa@gmail.com Cc: felipe.balbi@linux.intel.com, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, mugunthanvnm@ti.com, jarod@redhat.com, fw@strlen.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PATCH drivers:net:cris/eth_v10: alternate string char arrary From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1493056179-6460-1-git-send-email-karim.eshapa@gmail.com> References: <1493056179-6460-1-git-send-email-karim.eshapa@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:37:36 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 484 Lines: 14 From: Karim Eshapa Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:49:39 +0200 > static char pointer creates two variables in final assembly. > static string and pointer to it according to > Jeff Garzik janitors TODO. > > Signed-off-by: Karim Eshapa Instead of trusting some document written more than 10 years ago on the internet, why don't you build the source file in question and take a look at what actually happens? I'm not applying this, sorry.