linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] printk: Constify name for add_preferred

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Message-ID: <ZQrGtIfqGWk-iO87@alley>
Date:   Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:17:24 +0200
From:   Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To:     Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>,
        Dhruva Gole <d-gole@...com>,
        Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] printk: Constify name for add_preferred_console()

On Tue 2023-09-12 14:03:43, Tony Lindgren wrote:
> While adding a preferred console handling for serial_core for serial port
> hardware based device addressing, Jiri suggested we constify name for
> add_preferred_console(). The gets copied anyways. This allows serial core
> to add a preferred console using serial drv->dev_name without copying it.
> 
> Note that constifying options causes changes all over the place because of
> struct console for match().
> 
> Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>

Makes sense:

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>

I assume that this patch would via Greg's tree together with
the rest of the patchset. Please, tell me if you would prefer to
queue this via printk tree.

Best Regards,
Petr