linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] irda: Convert function pointer arrays and uses to const

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Message-ID: <1418240283.18092.15.camel@perches.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:38:03 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	"Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
Cc:	Samuel Ortiz <samuel@...tiz.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] irda: Convert function pointer arrays and uses to const

On Wed, 2014-12-10 at 19:32 +0000, Rustad, Mark D wrote:
> On Dec 10, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
[]
> > diff --git a/include/net/irda/parameters.h b/include/net/irda/parameters.h
[]
> > typedef struct {
> > -	pi_minor_info_t *pi_minor_call_table;
> > +	const pi_minor_info_t *pi_minor_call_table;
> 
> Might you want to go a little further and make it:
> 	const pi_minor_into_t * const pi_minor_call_table;
> so that the pointer itself is also constant? That could apply to some others below as well.
> 
> > 	int len;
> > } pi_major_info_t;

I don't think that's necessary as all the pi_major_info_t uses
become const and this is a typedef, but if you want to, go ahead.


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