Re: [PATCH 3/3] softirq: Use const char * const for softirq_to_name,whitespace neatening

[Wang YanQing]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 01:55:12AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> Reduce data size a little.
> Reduce checkpatch noise.
> 
> $ size kernel/softirq.o*
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   11554	   6013	   4008	  21575	   5447	kernel/softirq.o.new
>   11474	   6093	   4008	  21575	   5447	kernel/softirq.o.old

Hi, could you tell me why this patch could reduce data size?

Thanks.
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