linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (fschmd) Make const arrays static const

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Date:   Wed, 5 Oct 2022 11:31:16 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: (fschmd) Make const arrays static const

On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 04:27:52PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Don't populate the read-only const arrays names and watchdog_minors
> on the stack but instead make them static const. Also makes the
> object code a little smaller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>

Applied to hwmon-next.

Thanks,
Guenter

> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
> index 0a77d6161928..e1f426e86f36 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
> @@ -1083,9 +1083,9 @@ static int fschmd_detect(struct i2c_client *client,
>  static int fschmd_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
>  {
>  	struct fschmd_data *data;
> -	const char * const names[7] = { "Poseidon", "Hermes", "Scylla",
> +	static const char * const names[7] = { "Poseidon", "Hermes", "Scylla",
>  				"Heracles", "Heimdall", "Hades", "Syleus" };
> -	const int watchdog_minors[] = { WATCHDOG_MINOR, 212, 213, 214, 215 };
> +	static const int watchdog_minors[] = { WATCHDOG_MINOR, 212, 213, 214, 215 };
>  	int i, err;
>  	enum chips kind = i2c_match_id(fschmd_id, client)->driver_data;
>