Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: radeon: make const array post_divs static, reduces object code size

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Thu Oct 12 2017 - 12:17:21 EST



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On Tuesday, September 19, 2017 10:32:01 PM Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Don't populate the read-only const array post_divs on the stack,
> nstead make it static. Makes the object code smaller by 90 bytes:
>
> Before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 40231 8584 896 49711 c22f radeon_base.o
>
> After:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 39914 8744 960 49618 c1d2 radeon_base.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Are these results obtained using the same compiler as the other patches
(gcc version 7.2.0, x86_64)?

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics