Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 4 authors, 2021-08-02

Re: [PATCH] net/mlx4: make the array states static const, makes object smaller

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From: Tariq Toukan <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-02 10:39:50
Also in: kernel-janitors, linux-rdma, lkml


On 8/1/2021 6:37 PM, Colin King wrote:
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From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

Don't populate the array states on the stack but instead it
static const. Makes the object code smaller by 79 bytes.

Before:
    text   data   bss    dec    hex filename
   21309   8304   192  29805   746d drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.o

After:
    text   data   bss    dec    hex filename
   21166   8368   192  29726   741e drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.o

(gcc version 10.2.0)

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
index 427e7a31862c..2584bc038f94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ int mlx4_qp_to_ready(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_mtt *mtt,
  {
  	int err;
  	int i;
-	enum mlx4_qp_state states[] = {
+	static const enum mlx4_qp_state states[] = {
  		MLX4_QP_STATE_RST,
  		MLX4_QP_STATE_INIT,
  		MLX4_QP_STATE_RTR,
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Thanks for your patch.

Regards,
Tariq
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