Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: Cleanup string initializations (char[] instead of char *)

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu May 22 2014 - 17:57:49 EST


On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Manuel SchÃlling
<manuel.schoelling@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Initializations like 'char *foo = "bar"' will create two variables: a static
> string and a pointer (foo) to that static string. Instead 'char foo[] = "bar"'
> will declare a single variable and will end up in shorter
> assembly (according to Jeff Garzik on the KernelJanitor's TODO list).
>
> Signed-off-by: Manuel SchÃlling <manuel.schoelling@xxxxxx>

At this point of the release cycle I do not dare to apply this.

Please work in Thierry's errors and resend after the merge window.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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