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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mfd: max8925-i2c: remove unnecessary static in max8925_probe()
On Tue, 04 Jul 2017, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:

> Remove unnecessary static on local variable _chip_.
> Such variable is initialized before being used,
> on every execution path throughout the function.
> The static has no benefit and, removing it reduces
> the code size.
>
> This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
>
> @bad exists@
> position p;
> identifier x;
> type T;
> @@
>
> static T x@p;
> ...
> x = <+...x...+>
>
> @@
> identifier x;
> expression e;
> type T;
> position p != bad.p;
> @@
>
> -static
> T x@p;
> ... when != x
> when strict
> ?x = e;
>
> In the following log you can see the difference in the code size and,
> also a significant difference in the bss segment. This log is the output
> of the size command, before and after the code change:
>
> before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 4188 1336 128 5652 1614 drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.o
>
> after:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 4135 1280 64 5479 1567 drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

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