linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 5/9] usb: storage: initializers: Use const for constant array

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Message-Id: <20250226-misc-const-v2-5-ab655a4a29cc@posteo.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:17:27 +0100
From: Jonathan Neuschäfer via B4 Relay <devnull+j.ne.posteo.net@...nel.org>
To: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, usb-storage@...ts.one-eyed-alien.net, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.ne@...teo.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/9] usb: storage: initializers: Use const for constant
 array

From: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.ne@...teo.net>

init_string is only read, not modified.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.ne@...teo.net>
---

V2:
- new patch
---
 drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c b/drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c
index f8f9ce8dc71029aff5ceaf4d62f596a30bbceca2..b243bd5521a66deb3ca3603b52ccf603e191a4de 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/initializers.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int usb_stor_ucr61s2b_init(struct us_data *us)
 	struct bulk_cs_wrap *bcs = (struct bulk_cs_wrap*) us->iobuf;
 	int res;
 	unsigned int partial;
-	static char init_string[] = "\xec\x0a\x06\x00$PCCHIPS";
+	static const char init_string[] = "\xec\x0a\x06\x00$PCCHIPS";
 
 	usb_stor_dbg(us, "Sending UCR-61S2B initialization packet...\n");
 

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