Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752566AbdGDTGn (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:06:43 -0400 Received: from gateway32.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.145.114]:40803 "EHLO gateway32.websitewelcome.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752438AbdGDTGj (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jul 2017 15:06:39 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 14:06:34 -0500 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" To: Lee Jones Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Subject: [PATCH] mfd: max8925-i2c: remove unnecessary static in max8925_probe() Message-ID: <20170704190633.GA20394@embeddedgus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator4166.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - embeddedor.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 189.152.164.199 X-Exim-ID: 1dST9f-000m6U-Kj X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (embeddedgus) [189.152.164.199]:53940 X-Source-Auth: garsilva@embeddedor.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z2F0b3I0MTY2Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1591 Lines: 63 Remove unnecessary static on local variable _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 code 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 the difference in the code size and, also a significant difference in the bss segment. This log is the output of the size command, before and after the code change: before: text data bss dec hex filename 4188 1336 128 5652 1614 drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.o after: text data bss dec hex filename 4135 1280 64 5479 1567 drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.o Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva --- drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c index 5c80aea..1006323 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int max8925_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) { struct max8925_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(&client->dev); - static struct max8925_chip *chip; + struct max8925_chip *chip; struct device_node *node = client->dev.of_node; if (node && !pdata) { -- 2.5.0