linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/26] intel_pstate: constify local structures

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Message-ID: <20160912064230.GA8011@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:12:30 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        joe@...ches.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/26] intel_pstate: constify local structures

On 11-09-16, 15:06, Julia Lawall wrote:
> For structure types defined in the same file or local header files, find
> top-level static structure declarations that have the following
> properties:
> 1. Never reassigned.
> 2. Address never taken
> 3. Not passed to a top-level macro call
> 4. No pointer or array-typed field passed to a function or stored in a
> variable.
> Declare structures having all of these properties as const.
> 
> Done using Coccinelle.
> Based on a suggestion by Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> ---
> The semantic patch seems too long for a commit log, but is in the cover
> letter.
> 
>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index bdbe936..4b5f8c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ static struct cpu_defaults core_params = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> -static struct cpu_defaults silvermont_params = {
> +static const struct cpu_defaults silvermont_params = {
>  	.pid_policy = {
>  		.sample_rate_ms = 10,
>  		.deadband = 0,
> @@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static struct cpu_defaults silvermont_params = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> -static struct cpu_defaults airmont_params = {
> +static const struct cpu_defaults airmont_params = {
>  	.pid_policy = {
>  		.sample_rate_ms = 10,
>  		.deadband = 0,
> @@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ static struct cpu_defaults airmont_params = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> -static struct cpu_defaults knl_params = {
> +static const struct cpu_defaults knl_params = {
>  	.pid_policy = {
>  		.sample_rate_ms = 10,
>  		.deadband = 0,
> @@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ static struct cpu_defaults knl_params = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> -static struct cpu_defaults bxt_params = {
> +static const struct cpu_defaults bxt_params = {
>  	.pid_policy = {
>  		.sample_rate_ms = 10,
>  		.deadband = 0,

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh