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  Re: [PATCH 5/9] mfd: Drop unnecessary static Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> - 2017-07-17 13:10 +0200

#1688930 — Re: [PATCH 5/9] mfd: Drop unnecessary static

On Thu, 04 May 2017, Julia Lawall wrote:

> Drop static on a local variable, when the variable is initialized before
> any use, on every possible execution path through the function.
> 
> The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @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;
> // </smpl>
> 
> The change increases the code size but decreases the size of the bss segment.
> 
> before:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    3369     272     300    3941     f65 drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.o
> 
> after:
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>    3401     272      28    3701     e75 drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/twl4030-irq.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

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Lee Jones
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