linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] stm class: make config_item

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Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:04:53 +0200
From:   Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stm class: make config_item_type const

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com> wrote:
> This is a followup patch for:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9999649/ and
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/10/11/375
>
> Make config_item_type structures const as they are either passed to a
> function having the argument as const or used inside a if statement or
> stored in the const "ci_type" field of a config_item structure.
>
> Done using Coccinelle.
>

Tthis patch is dependent on the patches in the links
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/10/11/375 and
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9999649/. Therefore, this patch
won't be correct unless the patches in these links gets applied.

> Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
> index 6c0ae29..33e9a1b 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/policy.c
> @@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ static void stp_policy_node_release(struct config_item *item)
>         NULL,
>  };
>
> -static struct config_item_type stp_policy_type;
> -static struct config_item_type stp_policy_node_type;
> +static const struct config_item_type stp_policy_type;
> +static const struct config_item_type stp_policy_node_type;
>
>  static struct config_group *
>  stp_policy_node_make(struct config_group *group, const char *name)
> @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static void stp_policy_node_release(struct config_item *item)
>         .drop_item      = stp_policy_node_drop,
>  };
>
> -static struct config_item_type stp_policy_node_type = {
> +static const struct config_item_type stp_policy_node_type = {
>         .ct_item_ops    = &stp_policy_node_item_ops,
>         .ct_group_ops   = &stp_policy_node_group_ops,
>         .ct_attrs       = stp_policy_node_attrs,
> @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void stp_policy_release(struct config_item *item)
>         .make_group     = stp_policy_node_make,
>  };
>
> -static struct config_item_type stp_policy_type = {
> +static const struct config_item_type stp_policy_type = {
>         .ct_item_ops    = &stp_policy_item_ops,
>         .ct_group_ops   = &stp_policy_group_ops,
>         .ct_attrs       = stp_policy_attrs,
> @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void stp_policy_release(struct config_item *item)
>         .make_group     = stp_policies_make,
>  };
>
> -static struct config_item_type stp_policies_type = {
> +static const struct config_item_type stp_policies_type = {
>         .ct_group_ops   = &stp_policies_group_ops,
>         .ct_owner       = THIS_MODULE,
>  };
> --
> 1.9.1
>