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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ALSA: drivers: make array 'names' const, reduces object code size
On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 18:34:17 +0100,
Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Nov 27 2017 21:58, Colin King wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> >
> > Don't populate array 'names' on the stack but instead make them static.
> > Makes the object code smaller by 50 bytes:
> >
> > Before:
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 21237 9192 1120 31549 7b3d linux/sound/drivers/dummy.o
> >
> > After:
> > text data bss dec hex filename
> > 21095 9280 1120 31495 7b07 linux/sound/drivers/dummy.o
> >
> > (gcc version 7.2.0 x86_64)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> > ---
> > sound/drivers/dummy.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sound/drivers/dummy.c b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
> > index 7b2b1f766b00..69db45bc0197 100644
> > --- a/sound/drivers/dummy.c
> > +++ b/sound/drivers/dummy.c
> > @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int snd_dummy_capsrc_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, struct snd_ctl_el
> > static int snd_dummy_iobox_info(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
> > struct snd_ctl_elem_info *info)
> > {
> > - const char *const names[] = { "None", "CD Player" };
> > + static const char *const names[] = { "None", "CD Player" };
> > return snd_ctl_enum_info(info, 1, 2, names);
> > }
>
> Total size of snd-dummy.ko increases but this patch has an advantage
> to have the symbol in read-only section.

The total size decreases :)


Takashi

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