linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: constify regmap_irq

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Date:   Tue, 7 Feb 2017 15:29:10 +0000
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
Cc:     julia.lawall@...6.fr, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: constify regmap_irq_chip structures

On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Bhumika Goyal wrote:

> Declare regmap_irq_chip structures as const as they are only stored
> in the regmap_irq_chip field of a rk808 structure. This field is of
> type const, so regmap_irq_chip structures having this property can be
> made const too.
> Done using Coccinelle:
> 
> @r disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier x;
> position p;
> @@
> static struct regmap_irq_chip x@......};
> 
> @ok@
> struct rk808 a;
> identifier r.x;
> position p;
> @@
> a.regmap_irq_chip=&x@p;
> 
> @bad@
> position p != {r.p,ok.p};
> identifier r.x;
> @@
> x@p
> 
> @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier r.x;
> @@
> +const
> struct regmap_irq_chip x;
> 
> File size before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    5033	    584	     16	   5633	   1601	drivers/mfd/rk808.o
> 
> File size after:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    5225	    392	     16	   5633	   1601	drivers/mfd/rk808.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/rk808.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I have fixed the incorrect subject line and applied the patch.

> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/rk808.c b/drivers/mfd/rk808.c
> index 2c9acdb..fd087cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/rk808.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/rk808.c
> @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static const struct regmap_irq rk818_irqs[] = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> -static struct regmap_irq_chip rk808_irq_chip = {
> +static const struct regmap_irq_chip rk808_irq_chip = {
>  	.name = "rk808",
>  	.irqs = rk808_irqs,
>  	.num_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(rk808_irqs),
> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static struct regmap_irq_chip rk808_irq_chip = {
>  	.init_ack_masked = true,
>  };
>  
> -static struct regmap_irq_chip rk818_irq_chip = {
> +static const struct regmap_irq_chip rk818_irq_chip = {
>  	.name = "rk818",
>  	.irqs = rk818_irqs,
>  	.num_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(rk818_irqs),

-- 
Lee Jones
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