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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:55:26 +0100
From:   Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
        Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>, julia.lawall@...6.fr,
        tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: dove: constify reset_control_ops structures

Hi Russell King,
 
 On ven., janv. 13 2017, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 05:36:42PM +0100, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>> Hi Sebastian,
>>  
>>  On lun., janv. 09 2017, Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Declare reset_control_ops as const as they are only stored in the ops
>> > field of a reset_controller_dev structure. This field is of type const
>> > struct reset_control_ops *, so reset_control_ops structures having this
>> > property can be declared as const.
>> > Done using Coccinelle:
>> >
>> > @r1 disable optional_qualifier@
>> > identifier i;
>> > position p;
>> > @@
>> > static struct reset_control_ops i@......};
>> >
>> > @ok1@
>> > identifier r1.i;
>> > position p;
>> > struct reset_controller_dev x;
>> > @@
>> > x.ops=&i@p;
>> >
>> > @bad@
>> > position p!={r1.p,ok1.p};
>> > identifier r1.i;
>> > @@
>> > i@p
>> >
>> > @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
>> > identifier r1.i;
>> > @@
>> > +const
>> > struct reset_control_ops i;
>> >
>> > File size before: drivers/soc/dove/pmu.o
>> >    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>> >    2447	    112	     16	   2575	    a0f	drivers/soc/dove/pmu.o
>> >
>> > File size after: drivers/soc/dove/pmu.o
>> >    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>> >    2479	     80	     16	   2575	    a0f	drivers/soc/dove/pmu.o
>> >
>> 
>> If you agree with this patch I will apply it on mvebu/soc.
>
> You really ought to be asking me...

Sorry when I saw SoC and Dove I though to Sebastian. And I ma sure he
would have redirect me to you :)

>
> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>


Applied on mvebu/soc

Thanks,

Gregory


>
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Gregory Clement, Free Electrons
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