linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] w1: Constify struct w1_family

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Date:   Sun, 4 Oct 2020 23:55:58 +0200
From:   Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>
To:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>,
        Angelo Dureghello <angelo.dureghello@...esys.com>,
        Akira Shimahara <akira215corp@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] w1: Constify struct w1_family_ops

Hi,

On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 09:32:00PM +0200, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> The fops field in the w1_family struct is never modified. Make it const
> to indicate that. Constifying the pointer makes it possible for drivers
> to declare static w1_family_ops structs const, which in turn will allow
> the compiler to put it in read-only memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>

-- Sebastian

>  drivers/w1/w1.c    | 2 +-
>  include/linux/w1.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c
> index e58c7592008d..6bd64bcb6316 100644
> --- a/drivers/w1/w1.c
> +++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c
> @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
>  
>  static int w1_family_notify(unsigned long action, struct w1_slave *sl)
>  {
> -	struct w1_family_ops *fops;
> +	const struct w1_family_ops *fops;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	fops = sl->family->fops;
> diff --git a/include/linux/w1.h b/include/linux/w1.h
> index cebf3464bc03..949d3b10e531 100644
> --- a/include/linux/w1.h
> +++ b/include/linux/w1.h
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ struct w1_family {
>  	struct list_head	family_entry;
>  	u8			fid;
>  
> -	struct w1_family_ops	*fops;
> +	const struct w1_family_ops *fops;
>  
>  	const struct of_device_id *of_match_table;
>  
> -- 
> 2.28.0
> 

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