linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: backlight: make backlight

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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:50:13 +0000
From: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
To: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@...liere.net>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: backlight: make backlight_class constant

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 09:21:17AM -0300, Ricardo B. Marliere wrote:
> Since commit 43a7206b0963 ("driver core: class: make class_register() take
> a const *"), the driver core allows for struct class to be in read-only
> memory, so move the backlight_class structure to be declared at build time
> placing it into read-only memory, instead of having to be dynamically
> allocated at boot time.
>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marliere <ricardo@...liere.net>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>


Daniel.