Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: speedstep-lib: make several arrays static, makes code smaller

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Wed Aug 30 2017 - 19:41:43 EST


On Friday, August 25, 2017 7:00:16 PM CEST Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Don't populate arrays on the stack, instead make them static.
> Makes the object code smaller by over 860 bytes:
>
> Before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 10716 5196 0 15912 3e28 drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.o
>
> After:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 9690 5356 0 15046 3ac6 drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c b/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c
> index 1b8062182c81..ccab452a4ef5 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/speedstep-lib.c
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int relaxed_check;
> static unsigned int pentium3_get_frequency(enum speedstep_processor processor)
> {
> /* See table 14 of p3_ds.pdf and table 22 of 29834003.pdf */
> - struct {
> + static const struct {
> unsigned int ratio; /* Frequency Multiplier (x10) */
> u8 bitmap; /* power on configuration bits
> [27, 25:22] (in MSR 0x2a) */
> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static unsigned int pentium3_get_frequency(enum speedstep_processor processor)
> };
>
> /* PIII(-M) FSB settings: see table b1-b of 24547206.pdf */
> - struct {
> + static const struct {
> unsigned int value; /* Front Side Bus speed in MHz */
> u8 bitmap; /* power on configuration bits [18: 19]
> (in MSR 0x2a) */
>

Applied, thanks!