linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] drm/i915/gvt: Constify static structs

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Message-ID: <d612055c-e433-4bd0-b819-82e866619b23@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:00:56 +0000
From:   "Wang, Zhi A" <zhi.a.wang@...el.com>
To:     Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>,
        Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Joonas Lahtinen" <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Vivi, Rodrigo" <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
CC:     "intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org" 
        <intel-gvt-dev@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] drm/i915/gvt: Constify static structs

On 12/4/2021 12:55 PM, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> Constify a number of static structs that are never modified to allow the
> compiler to put them in read-only memory. In order to do this, constify a
> number of local variables and pointers in structs.
>
> This is most important for structs that contain function pointers, and
> the patches for those structs are placed first in the series.
>
> Rikard Falkeborn (9):
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify intel_gvt_gtt_pte_ops
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify intel_gvt_gtt_pte_ops
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify intel_gvt_irq_ops
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify intel_gvt_sched_policy_ops
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify gvt_mmio_block
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify cmd_interrupt_events
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify formats
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify gtt_type_table_entry
>    drm/i915/gvt: Constify vgpu_types
>
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cmd_parser.c   |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/fb_decoder.c   | 24 ++++-----
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.c          | 68 ++++++++++++-------------
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gtt.h          |  4 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h          |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c     | 12 ++---
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/interrupt.c    | 10 ++--
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/interrupt.h    |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/sched_policy.c |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.h    |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/vgpu.c         |  4 +-
>   11 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
>
Thanks so much for the contribuition. You only need to refine the PATCH 
2 a little bit and re-send it.