linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] configfs: make ci_type field, some pointers and function arguments const

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Message-ID: <20171017102427.GB25786@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:24:27 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] configfs: make ci_type field, some pointers and
 function arguments const

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 05:18:40PM +0200, Bhumika Goyal wrote:
> The ci_type field of the config_item structure do not modify the fields
> of the config_item_type structure it points to. And the other pointers
> initialized with ci_type do not modify the fields as well.
> So, make the ci_type field and the pointers initialized with ci_type
> as const.
> 
> Make the struct config_item_type *type function argument of functions
> config_{item/group}_init_type_name const as the argument in both the
> functions is only stored in the ci_type field of a config_item structure
> which is now made const.
> Make the argument of configfs_register_default_group const as it is
> only passed to the argument of the function config_group_init_type_name
> which is now const.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
> ---
> * Changes in v2- Combine all the followup patches and the constification
> patches into a series.
> 
>  fs/configfs/dir.c        | 10 +++++-----
>  fs/configfs/item.c       |  6 +++---
>  fs/configfs/symlink.c    |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/configfs.h |  8 ++++----
>  4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>