linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/12] PCI: qcom: account for const type of of_device

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jan 2018 14:38:26 +0200
From:   Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@...sol.com>
To:     Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] PCI: qcom: account for const type of
 of_device_id.data

Hi Lorenzo,

On 01/03/2018 02:22 PM, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 02:28:00PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
>> This driver creates various const structures 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>
>>
>> ---
>>  drivers/pci/dwc/pcie-qcom.c |    4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Hi Julia,

Probably that is addressed to me :)

> 
> I am happy to take this patch through the PCI tree unless you see a
> problem with that, please let me know.

The patch looks fine.

Acked-by: Stanimir Varbanov <svarbanov@...sol.com>

-- 
regards,
Stan