linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] crypto: bcm: Constify *hash_alg

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Message-ID: <20180309142954.GA12852@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 9 Mar 2018 22:29:55 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Hernán Gonzalez <hernan@...guardiasur.com.ar>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, steven.lin1@...adcom.com,
        arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com, colin.king@...onical.com,
        raveendra.padasalagi@...adcom.com, ray.jui@...adcom.com,
        scott.branden@...adcom.com, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] crypto: bcm: Constify *hash_alg_name[]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 07:01:27PM -0300, Hernán Gonzalez wrote:
> Note: This is compile only tested.
> No gain from this except some self-documenting.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hernán Gonzalez <hernan@...guardiasur.com.ar>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c | 5 +++--
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c b/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c
> index efaf3cf..c7bb79e 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/bcm/spu.c
> @@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
>  #include "cipher.h"
>  
>  /* This array is based on the hash algo type supported in spu.h */
> -char *hash_alg_name[] = { "None", "md5", "sha1", "sha224", "sha256", "aes",
> -	"sha384", "sha512", "sha3_224", "sha3_256", "sha3_384", "sha3_512" };
> +char const * const hash_alg_name[] = { "None", "md5", "sha1", "sha224",

Please make that

	const char *const

Ditto with patch 4.

Thanks,
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