Re: [RFC] cleanup patches for strings

[Jörn Engel]

On Tue, 21 June 2005 12:59:22 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> 
> > --- linux-2.6.12-orig/drivers/net/ibmlana.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.12/drivers/net/ibmlana.c
> 
> > -		char *fill = "NetBSD is a nice OS too! ";
> > +		char fill[] = "NetBSD is a nice OS too! ";
> 
> Don't:
>    5721	     16	      4	   5741	   166d	drivers/net/ibmlana.o	2.95.3-before
>    5737	     16	      4	   5757	   167d	drivers/net/ibmlana.o	2.95.3-after
>    5163	     16	      4	   5183	   143f	drivers/net/ibmlana.o	3.3.5-20050130-before
>    5169	     16	      4	   5189	   1445	drivers/net/ibmlana.o	3.3.5-20050130-after
>    4993	     16	      4	   5013	   1395	drivers/net/ibmlana.o	4.1-20050604-before
>    5028	     16	      4	   5048	   13b8	drivers/net/ibmlana.o	4.1-20050604-after

Please note that all the Dos have the magic word "static" while this
Don't doesn't.

Jörn

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