linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ring-buffer: make the const read-only 'type' static

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Message-ID: <20250714121554.1365c93a@batman.local.home>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:15:54 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers
 <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ring-buffer: make the const read-only 'type' static

On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:08:58 +0100
Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com> wrote:

> Don't populate the read-only 'type' on the stack at run time,
> instead make it static.

Hmm, why not?

-- Steve