linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] drivers/tty/serial_core: add local variable for newly allocated attribute

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Message-ID: <2023100931-safeness-resolved-cb20@gregkh>
Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 19:28:38 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@...os.com>
Cc:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] drivers/tty/serial_core: add local variable for
 newly allocated attribute_group**

On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 06:57:38PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
> This allows the compiler to keep the pointer in a register and
> prepares for making the struct field "const".

You know what I'm going to say...