linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/12] pinctrl: at91-pio4: account for const type of of_device

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jan 2018 08:58:24 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] pinctrl: at91-pio4: account for const type of of_device_id.data

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr> wrote:

> This driver creates a const structure that it stores in the data field
> of an of_device_id array.
>
> Adding const to the declaration of the location that receives the
> const value from the data field ensures that the compiler will
> continue to check that the value is not modified.  Furthermore, the
> const-discarding cast on the extraction from the data field is no
> longer needed.
>
> Done using Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij