Re: [PATCH] 9p: make two arrays static const, makes object smaller

[Dominique Martinet]

Colin King wrote on Fri, Sep 06, 2019:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Don't populate the arrays on the stack but instead make them
> static const. Makes the object code smaller by 386 bytes.
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   17443	   2076	      0	  19519	   4c3f	fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.o
> 
> After:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   16897	   2236	      0	  19133	   4abd	fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.o
> 
> (gcc version 9.2.1, amd64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Fine with me, I'll pick it up for the next cycle.

There are a couple of static structs in net/9p that aren't const (but
could be); I guess the static is all that matters here?
(I'll try to go through and make the rest const when I have time
though, no harm there)

Thanks,
-- 
Dominique