linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/11] net: ec_bhf: constify pci_device

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:38:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com
Cc:     reksio@...term.pl, kvalo@...eaurora.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] net: ec_bhf: constify pci_device_id.

From: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 23:42:34 +0530

> pci_device_id are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with pci_device_id provided by <linux/pci.h> work with
> const pci_device_id. So mark the non-const structs as const.
> 
> File size before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    5113	    384	      0	   5497	   1579	drivers/net/ethernet/ec_bhf.o
> 
> File size After adding 'const':
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>    5177	    320	      0	   5497	   1579	drivers/net/ethernet/ec_bhf.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Applied.