linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: n2: make of_device

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Message-Id: <20170615.111111.1375437088749599511.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:11:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com
Cc:     herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: n2: make of_device_ids const

From: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:28:10 +0530

> of_device_ids are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with of_device_ids provided by <linux/of.h> work with const
> of_device_ids. So mark the non-const structs as const.
> 
> File size before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    2001	   2168	     48	   4217	   1079	drivers/crypto/n2_core.o
> 
> File size after constify dummy_tlb_ops.:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    3601	    536	     48	   4185	   1059	drivers/crypto/n2_core.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>