Re: [PATCH 07/11] mfd: Drop unnecessary static

From	Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 07/11] mfd: Drop unnecessary static
Date	2017-07-24 21:30 +0200
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Hi!

> > > Drop static on a local variable, when the variable is initialized before
> > > any possible use.  Thus, the static has no benefit.

Actually... it has possible other benefit -- saving stack space. I've
used static for that purpose before. So ... careful with the
automation.

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Re: [PATCH 07/11] mfd: Drop unnecessary static Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-07-24 21:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 07/11] mfd: Drop unnecessary static Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-07-25 00:30 +0200

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