[PATCH 1/8] KVM: x86: minor size optimization

From: Mathias Krause
Date: Wed Aug 29 2012 - 19:32:05 EST


Some fields can be constified and/or made static to reduce code and data
size.

Numbers for a 32 bit build:

text data bss dec hex filename
before: 3351 80 0 3431 d67 cpuid.o
after: 3391 0 0 3391 d3f cpuid.o

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index b496da6..ec79e77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ static int do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
break;
}
case KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE: {
- char signature[12] = "KVMKVMKVM\0\0";
- u32 *sigptr = (u32 *)signature;
+ static const char signature[12] = "KVMKVMKVM\0\0";
+ const u32 *sigptr = (const u32 *)signature;
entry->eax = KVM_CPUID_FEATURES;
entry->ebx = sigptr[0];
entry->ecx = sigptr[1];
@@ -484,10 +484,10 @@ struct kvm_cpuid_param {
u32 func;
u32 idx;
bool has_leaf_count;
- bool (*qualifier)(struct kvm_cpuid_param *param);
+ bool (*qualifier)(const struct kvm_cpuid_param *param);
};

-static bool is_centaur_cpu(struct kvm_cpuid_param *param)
+static bool is_centaur_cpu(const struct kvm_cpuid_param *param)
{
return boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR;
}
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_get_supported_cpuid(struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid,
struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *cpuid_entries;
int limit, nent = 0, r = -E2BIG, i;
u32 func;
- static struct kvm_cpuid_param param[] = {
+ static const struct kvm_cpuid_param param[] = {
{ .func = 0, .has_leaf_count = true },
{ .func = 0x80000000, .has_leaf_count = true },
{ .func = 0xC0000000, .qualifier = is_centaur_cpu, .has_leaf_count = true },
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_get_supported_cpuid(struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid,

r = 0;
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(param); i++) {
- struct kvm_cpuid_param *ent = &param[i];
+ const struct kvm_cpuid_param *ent = &param[i];

if (ent->qualifier && !ent->qualifier(ent))
continue;
--
1.7.10.4

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