linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/15] DMA: shdma: make a pointer const

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1307220941160.7852@axis700.grange>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:53:51 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
To:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/15] DMA: shdma: make a pointer const

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013, Laurent Pinchart wrote:

> Hi Guennadi,
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> On Friday 19 July 2013 18:29:29 Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> > Platform data shouldn't be changed at run-time, so, pointers to it should
> > be const.
> 
> If you move this patch to the beginning of the series you could make the pdata 
> structures const in 02/15 and 03/15.

Are these actually related? I think they can be made const regardless?

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
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