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Message-ID: <2facc7cd-81fa-b8b7-6974-217392906578@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:03:01 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
        Alvaro Karsz <alvaro.karsz@...id-run.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vdpa: solidrun: constify pointers to hwmon_channel_info

On 4/10/23 02:56, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 04:08:30PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> On 4/7/23 08:01, 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
> 
> Doesn't it cause build errors or warnings there?
> 

Are you saying that "hwmon: constify pointers to hwmon_channel_info" applied on its own
on top of v6.3-rc5 (as done in above branch) causes build errors or warnings ?
I have not seen any such reports, and I don't immediately see why that would be
the case. Please elaborate.

Guenter

>> or wait until after the next commit window to apply this patch.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Guenter
>>
>>>
>>> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>
>>> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
>>> Cc: linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/vdpa/solidrun/snet_hwmon.c | 2 +-
>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/solidrun/snet_hwmon.c b/drivers/vdpa/solidrun/snet_hwmon.c
>>> index e695e36ff753..65304354b34a 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/vdpa/solidrun/snet_hwmon.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/solidrun/snet_hwmon.c
>>> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static const struct hwmon_ops snet_hwmon_ops = {
>>>    	.read_string = snet_hwmon_read_string
>>>    };
>>> -static const struct hwmon_channel_info *snet_hwmon_info[] = {
>>> +static const struct hwmon_channel_info * const snet_hwmon_info[] = {
>>>    	HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO(temp, HWMON_T_INPUT | HWMON_T_MAX | HWMON_T_CRIT | HWMON_T_LABEL,
>>>    			   HWMON_T_INPUT | HWMON_T_CRIT | HWMON_T_LABEL),
>>>    	HWMON_CHANNEL_INFO(power, HWMON_P_INPUT | HWMON_P_LABEL),
>