linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: constify the of_phandle_args argument of of_clk

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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 15:12:12 -0800
From: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>, Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>, Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>, Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>, Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Peng Fan <peng.fan@....com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>, Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: constify the of_phandle_args argument of of_clk_provider

Quoting Krzysztof Kozlowski (2024-02-08 08:37:10)
> None of the implementations of the get() and get_hw() callbacks of
> "struct of_clk_provider" modify the contents of received of_phandle_args
> pointer.  They treat it as read-only variable used to find the clock to
> return.  Make obvious that implementations are not supposed to modify
> the of_phandle_args, by making it a pointer to const.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
> ---

This will almost certainly break the build once it is merged to
linux-next. What's your plan to merge this?