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

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Message-ID: <20170620034240.GL17764@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:42:40 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     horia.geanta@....com, dan.douglass@....com, davem@...emloft.net,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: make of_device_ids const.

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 02:46:44PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> 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
>    2376	    808	    128	   3312	    cf0	drivers/crypto/caam/jr.o
> 
> File size after constify caam_jr_match:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    2976	    192	    128	   3296	    ce0	drivers/crypto/caam/jr.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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