[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: drivers: make array 'names' const, reduces object code size

[Takashi Sakamoto]

On Nov 28 2017 04:51, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 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 at 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 at 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 :)

Ah, yes. The state of my local build tree is not good to calculate it... 
In fact, the relocatable object decreases its size when built with a 
header package from Ubuntu repository.


Thanks

Takashi Sakamoto