linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] pinctrl: cygnus: add initial IOMUX driver support

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Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2015 12:00:09 -0800
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...gle.com>
To:	Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Christian Daudt <bcm@...thebug.org>,
	Matt Porter <mporter@...aro.org>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
	Anatol Pomazau <anatol@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] pinctrl: cygnus: add initial IOMUX driver support

On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 11:29:36AM -0800, Ray Jui wrote:
> On 2/3/2015 9:40 AM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 06:01:33PM -0800, Ray Jui wrote:
> >> +
> >> +/*
> >> + * List of pins in Cygnus
> >> + */
> >> +static struct cygnus_pin cygnus_pins[] = {
> > 
> > const?
> > 
> I cannot make it const here, since the address of "gpio_mux" is later
> passed to pinctrl_pin_desc's private data:
> 
> pins[i].drv_data = &cygnus_pins[i].gpio_mux;

The pinctrl code says:

"@drv_data: driver-defined per-pin data. pinctrl core does not touch
this"

so we could theoretically cast away the constness and restore it when
we access drv_data in pin control methods, but I won't insist. I am
not sure which way looks nicer.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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