linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] scsi: core: constify pointer to scsi_host

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Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:58:56 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
CC:     "Ewan D. Milne" <emilne@...hat.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "Alim Akhtar" <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>,
        "Doug Gilbert" <dgilbert@...erlog.com>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <james.smart@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] scsi: core: constify pointer to scsi_host_template

On 20/04/2022 08:03, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> The standard flow is:
>>
>> shost = scsi_host_alloc(sht, )
>>
>> // modify shost, like
>> shost->cmd_per_lun = 5;
>>
>> scsi_add_host(shost)
>>
>> Is there some reason for which those two drivers can't follow that?
> I think they should.  Method tables should not be mutable data.
> .

Hi Krzysztof,

Do you have any interest in going further with your work and trying to 
change all SCSI driver instances of scsi_host_template to be const? I am 
not sure if it has been attempted before...

Thanks,
John