linux-kernel - [PATCH] hwmon: (tmp421) make const array 'names' static

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Date:   Tue,  9 Oct 2018 13:11:57 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (tmp421) make const array 'names' static

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The const array 'names' can be made static, saves populating it on
the stack and will make it read-only.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c b/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
index e36399213324..8844c9565d2a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
@@ -226,8 +226,10 @@ static int tmp421_detect(struct i2c_client *client,
 {
 	enum chips kind;
 	struct i2c_adapter *adapter = client->adapter;
-	const char * const names[] = { "TMP421", "TMP422", "TMP423",
-				       "TMP441", "TMP442" };
+	static const char * const names[] = {
+		"TMP421", "TMP422", "TMP423",
+		"TMP441", "TMP442"
+	};
 	int addr = client->addr;
 	u8 reg;
 
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