linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/12] power: reset: account for const type of of_device

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:24:56 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] power: reset: account for const type of
 of_device_id.data

On 02/01/2018 at 14:28:08 +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> This driver creates a const structure that it stores in the data
> field of an of_device_id array.
> 
> Add const to the declaration of the location that receives a value
> from the data field to ensure that the compiler will continue to check
> that the value is not modified and remove the const-dropping cast on
> the access to the data field.
> 
> Done using Coccinelle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>


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