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> There is no reduction in code size in this case, but the change does reduce the size of the bss segment, containing uninitialized static data. before: text data bss dec hex filename 12882 3480 8 16370 3ff2 drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.o after: text data bss dec hex filename 12882 3480 0 16362 3fea drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.o Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <[email protected]> --- drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c index 31ae5ee..34d4a62 100644 --- a/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c +++ b/drivers/regulator/palmas-regulator.c @@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ static int palmas_dt_to_pdata(struct device *dev, } for (idx = 0; idx < ddata->max_reg; idx++) { - static struct of_regulator_match *match; + struct of_regulator_match *match; struct palmas_reg_init *rinit; struct device_node *np;
