linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: dsi: Constify dsi_host

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Date:   Mon, 9 Nov 2020 08:32:56 +0100
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Cc:     Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>, Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm: dsi: Constify dsi_host_ops

On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 11:37:38PM +0100, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> The only usage of dsi_host_ops is to assign its address to the ops field
> in the mipi_dsi_host struct, which is a const pointer. Make it const to
> allow the compiler to put it in read-only memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>

With this patch all struct mipi_dsi_host_ops are const - good.
I expect the msm folks to pick it up.

	Sam