linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] perf,kvm/{x86,s390}: Remove const from kvm_events

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:22:03 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Hemant Kumar <hemant@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	mpe@...erman.id.au, naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	scottwood@...escale.com, yarygin@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] perf,kvm/{x86,s390}: Remove const from
 kvm_events_tp

On 1/27/16 11:33 PM, Hemant Kumar wrote:
> This patch removes the "const" qualifier from kvm_events_tp declaration
> to account for the fact that some architectures may need to update this
> variable dynamically. For instance, powerpc will need to update this
> variable dynamically depending on the machine type.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Kumar<hemant@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>