linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] of/fdt: Mark initial_boot_params as __ro_after

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Date:   Fri, 24 May 2019 16:39:29 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
Cc:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] of/fdt: Mark initial_boot_params as
 __ro_after_init

On Tue, 14 May 2019 13:40:53 -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> The FDT pointer, i.e. initial_boot_params, shouldn't be changed after
> init. It's only set by boot code and then the only user of the FDT is
> the raw sysfs reading API. Mark this pointer with __ro_after_init so
> that the pointer can't be changed after init.
> 
> Cc: Hsin-Yi Wang <hsinyi@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
> ---
>  drivers/of/fdt.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Applied, thanks.

Rob