linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 2/4] device property: constify property arrays values

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Date:   Thu,  2 Feb 2017 17:41:26 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Subject: [PATCH v5 2/4] device property: constify property arrays values

Data that is fed into property arrays should not be modified, so let's mark
relevant pointers as const. This will allow us making source arrays as
const/__initconst.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
---
 drivers/base/property.c  | 10 +++++-----
 include/linux/property.h | 12 ++++++------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/property.c b/drivers/base/property.c
index e9fa75645d69..31b942a29fdc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/property.c
+++ b/drivers/base/property.c
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@ static void pset_free_set(struct property_set *pset)
 static int pset_copy_entry(struct property_entry *dst,
 			   const struct property_entry *src)
 {
-	const char **d, **s;
+	const char * const *s;
+	char **d;
 	size_t i, nval;
 
 	dst->name = kstrdup(src->name, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -731,12 +732,11 @@ static int pset_copy_entry(struct property_entry *dst,
 
 		if (src->is_string) {
 			nval = src->length / sizeof(const char *);
-			dst->pointer.str = kcalloc(nval, sizeof(const char *),
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!dst->pointer.str)
+			d = kcalloc(nval, sizeof(const char *), GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!d)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 
-			d = dst->pointer.str;
+			dst->pointer.raw_data = d;
 			s = src->pointer.str;
 			for (i = 0; i < nval; i++) {
 				d[i] = kstrdup(s[i], GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/include/linux/property.h b/include/linux/property.h
index d37a4498b3ac..7a0a1cce5165 100644
--- a/include/linux/property.h
+++ b/include/linux/property.h
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ struct property_entry {
 	bool is_string;
 	union {
 		union {
-			void *raw_data;
-			u8 *u8_data;
-			u16 *u16_data;
-			u32 *u32_data;
-			u64 *u64_data;
-			const char **str;
+			const void *raw_data;
+			const u8 *u8_data;
+			const u16 *u16_data;
+			const u32 *u32_data;
+			const u64 *u64_data;
+			const char * const *str;
 		} pointer;
 		union {
 			unsigned long long raw_data;
-- 
2.11.0.483.g087da7b7c-goog