linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] power: supply: lenovo_yoga_c630

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 03:47:09 +0200
From: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>, 
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>, 
	Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@...aro.org>, Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, 
	Nikita Travkin <nikita@...n.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] power: supply: lenovo_yoga_c630_battery: add
 Lenovo C630 driver

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 10:57:41AM GMT, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > +	adp_cfg.supplied_to = (char **)&yoga_c630_psy_bat_psy_desc_mA.name;
> 
> This is not problem with your patch but I'm wondering why supplied_to 
> needs to be non-const char *. Are those strings expected to be altered by 
> something, I couldn't find anything to that effect (the pointer itself 
> does not become const if supplied_to is changed to const char **)?

No, they are not supposed to be modified. It should be fine to make
the struct member const char **, patches are welcome :)

-- Sebastian

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