linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trace, RAS: remove unnecessary const

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Message-ID: <20150319131047.GE11544@pd.tnic>
Date:	Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:10:47 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com, gong.chen@...ux.intel.com,
	bhelgaas@...gle.com, tony.luck@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jingle.chen@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace, RAS: remove unnecessary const

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 08:57:56AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> That's a bit of a stretch. But sure, there's no real downside to having
> it, except that it makes one take a double take when seeing it, and
> thinking about why it would even be needed (like I did).

Why? It simply declares the contract that this argument won't be
changed. And if there's no downside, there's no need to do anything
here.

> I think you had the crazy fantasy with the above patch!

Wasn't me.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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