linux-kernel - Re: [Jan Beulich] [PATCH] constify tables in kernel/sysctl

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Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:17:18 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Jan Beulich] [PATCH] constify tables in kernel/sysctl_check.c

Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:14:05PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
>  > Remains the question whether it is intended that many, perhaps even
>  > large, tables are compiled in without ever having a chance to get used,
>  > i.e. whether there shouldn't #ifdef CONFIG_xxx get added.
>
>  > -static struct trans_ctl_table trans_net_ax25_param_table[] = {
>  > +static const struct trans_ctl_table trans_net_ax25_table[] = {
>
> we lost the _param, which will cause a duplicate definition with ..
>  
>  > -static struct trans_ctl_table trans_net_ax25_table[] = {
>  > +static const struct trans_ctl_table trans_net_ax25_table[] = {
>
> cut-n-paste thinko ?

Thanks, for catching that.

Anyway this patch looks sound in principle but I expect it might conflict
with the bug fix Andrew just merged.

Eric
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