linux-kernel - [PATCH] ipmi/watchdog: Constify ident

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Message-Id: <20211128220154.32927-1-rikard.falkeborn@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 28 Nov 2021 23:01:54 +0100
From:   Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
To:     Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
Cc:     openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ipmi/watchdog: Constify ident

ident is not modified and can be made const to allow the compiler to put
it in read-only memory.

Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>
---
 drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 883b4a341012..0604abdd249a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ static int ipmi_heartbeat(void)
 	return rv;
 }
 
-static struct watchdog_info ident = {
+static const struct watchdog_info ident = {
 	.options	= 0,	/* WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT, */
 	.firmware_version = 1,
 	.identity	= "IPMI"
-- 
2.34.1