linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: swim3: make of_device

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:49:33 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>, <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: swim3: make of_device_ids const.

On 06/16/2017 03:54 AM, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> of_device_ids are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with of_device_ids provided by <linux/of.h> work with const
> of_device_ids. So mark the non-const structs as const.
> 
> File size before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    8908	   1096	    624	  10628	   2984	drivers/block/swim3.o
> 
> File size after constify swim3_match:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    9708	    296	    624	  10628	   2984	drivers/block/swim3.o

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe