2019-10-08 05:38:46

by Chris Chiu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtl8xxxu: make arrays static, makes object smaller

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 9:53 PM Colin King <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <[email protected]>
>
> Don't populate const arrays on the stack but instead make them
> static. Makes the object code smaller by 60 bytes.
>
> Before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 15133 8768 0 23901 5d5d realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.o
> 15209 6392 0 21601 5461 realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8723b.o
> 103254 31202 576 135032 20f78 realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.o
>
> After:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 14861 9024 0 23885 5d4d realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8192e.o
> 14953 6616 0 21569 5441 realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_8723b.o
> 102986 31458 576 135020 20f6c realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.o
>
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[email protected]>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Chris Chiu <[email protected]>