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Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:36:04 +0900
From:   Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Cc:     Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ALSA: oxfw: make read-only const array models
 static

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 12:32:53PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Don't populate the const array on the stack, instead make it static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
> ---
>  sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw.c b/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw.c
> index 9523479fa94a..63d40f1a914f 100644
> --- a/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw.c
> +++ b/sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw.c
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct compat_info {
>  
>  static bool detect_loud_models(struct fw_unit *unit)
>  {
> -	const char *const models[] = {
> +	static const char *const models[] = {
>  		"Onyxi",
>  		"Onyx-i",
>  		"Onyx 1640i",
> -- 
> 2.39.2
 
Indeed. It is preferable.

Reviewed-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@...amocchi.jp>

I found that ALSA fireface driver includes the similar issue. I'll send a
patch to fix it later.


Thanks

Takashi Sakamoto