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Message-ID: <2025032027-babble-ominous-c704@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 07:09:39 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@...il.com>
Cc: sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [PATCH v2] staging: sm750fb: Make g_fbmode truly constant

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 01:45:14AM +0530, Madhur Kumar wrote:
> Declare g_fbmode as a pointer to constant data. This ensures that both
> array and its element are immutable.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Madhur Kumar <madhurkumar004@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Added commit message
> ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
> index 04c1b32a2..aa154032f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
>  static int g_hwcursor = 1;
>  static int g_noaccel;
>  static int g_nomtrr;
> -static const char *g_fbmode[] = {NULL, NULL};
> +static const char * const g_fbmode[] = {NULL, NULL};

How did you test this?  It totally breaks the build :(