linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mfd: core: Un-constify mfd_cell.of

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Message-ID: <ZOAIplO6tcFN2H8L@qmqm.qmqm.pl>
Date:   Sat, 19 Aug 2023 02:11:18 +0200
From:   Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:     Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: core: Un-constify mfd_cell.of_reg

On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 04:58:15PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2023, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> 
> > of_reg is the only constant member of struct mfd_cell. It seems to be
> 
> Sorry, what?
> 
> struct mfd_cell {
>         const char              *name;
> [...]
>         const struct mfd_cell_acpi_match        *acpi_match;
> [...]
>         const struct software_node *swnode;
> [...]
>         const char              *of_compatible;
> [...]
>         const u64 of_reg;
> [...]
>         const struct resource   *resources;
> [...]
>         const char * const      *parent_supplies;
> [...]
> };
[...]

All those are pointers to const, not const fields themselves. Only
`of_reg` is const regardless of the whole structure.

-- 
Michał Mirosław