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Message-ID: <20170814144914.GD14491@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2017 07:49:14 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
Cc:     wim@...ana.be, linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: pcwd_usb: constify usb_device_id

On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 02:09:45PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> usb_device_id are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with usb_device_id provided by <linux/usb.h> work with
> const usb_device_id. So mark the non-const structs as const.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

> ---
>  drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
> index 5615f40..b9e376c 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/pcwd_usb.c
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
>  #define USB_PCWD_PRODUCT_ID	0x1140
>  
>  /* table of devices that work with this driver */
> -static struct usb_device_id usb_pcwd_table[] = {
> +static const struct usb_device_id usb_pcwd_table[] = {
>  	{ USB_DEVICE(USB_PCWD_VENDOR_ID, USB_PCWD_PRODUCT_ID) },
>  	{ }					/* Terminating entry */
>  };
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
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