linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] net: netronome: constify pointers to hwmon_channel

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Message-ID: <e6f83397-68f6-f2c6-5594-d3dabac9a192@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Fri, 7 Apr 2023 16:07:40 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Broadcom internal kernel review list 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>,
        Xu Liang <lxu@...linear.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...igine.com
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] net: netronome: constify pointers to
 hwmon_channel_info

On 4/7/23 07:59, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> Statically allocated array of pointed to hwmon_channel_info can be made
> const for safety.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
> 
> ---
> 
> This depends on hwmon core patch:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230406203103.3011503-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org/
> 
> Therefore I propose this should also go via hwmon tree.

I am not going to apply patches for 10+ subsystems through the hwmon tree.
This can only result in chaos. The dependent patch is available at

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/groeck/linux-staging.git hwmon-const

or wait until after the next commit window to apply this series.

Thanks,
Guenter

> 
> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Cc: linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_hwmon.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_hwmon.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_hwmon.c
> index 5cabb1aa9c0c..0d6c59d6d4ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_hwmon.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_hwmon.c
> @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static const struct hwmon_channel_info nfp_power = {
>   	.config = nfp_power_config,
>   };
>   
> -static const struct hwmon_channel_info *nfp_hwmon_info[] = {
> +static const struct hwmon_channel_info * const nfp_hwmon_info[] = {
>   	&nfp_chip,
>   	&nfp_temp,
>   	&nfp_power,