[PATCH] mfd: max8925-i2c: remove unnecessary static in max8925_probe()

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue Jul 04 2017 - 15:07:26 EST


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 <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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) {
--
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