Re: [PATCH 5/9] mfd: Drop unnecessary static

From: Lee Jones
Date: Mon Jul 17 2017 - 07:01:27 EST


On Thu, 04 May 2017, Julia Lawall wrote:

> Drop static on a local variable, when the variable is initialized before
> any use, on every possible execution path through the function.
>
> The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @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;
> // </smpl>
>
> The change increases the code size but decreases the size of the bss segment.
>
> before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 3369 272 300 3941 f65 drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.o
>
> after:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 3401 272 28 3701 e75 drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

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Lee Jones
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