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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bluetooth: btwilink: remove unnecessary static in bt_ti_probe()
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Hi Gustavo,

> Remove unnecessary static on local variable hst.
> Such variable is initialized before being used,
> on every execution path throughout the function.
> The static has no benefit and, removing it reduces
> the object file 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 object file size.
> This log is the output of the size command, before and after the code
> change:
>
> before:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 4029 2528 128 6685 1a1d drivers/bluetooth/btwilink.o
>
> after:
> text data bss dec hex filename
> 4007 2472 64 6543 198f drivers/bluetooth/btwilink.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/btwilink.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

patch has been applied to bluetooth-next tree.

Regards

Marcel

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