linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: aloop: Constify ops structs

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Date:   Sat, 21 Nov 2020 09:31:05 +0100
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Cc:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, aroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: aloop: Constify ops structs

On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:10:46 +0100,
Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> 
> The only usage of the ops field in the loopback_cable struct is to call
> its members, the field it self is never changed. Make it a pointer to
> const. This allows us to constify two static loopback_ops structs to
> allow the compiler to put them in read-only memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>

Thanks, applied.


Takashi