linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: sm750fb: make fixId array static const char * const

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Message-ID: <01f7bfc2-284a-479b-b73e-40907dfba387@suswa.mountain>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:07:02 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: Ignacio Peña <ignacio.pena87@...il.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: sm750fb: make fixId array static const char
 * const

On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 04:32:18PM -0400, Ignacio Peña wrote:
> Fix checkpatch warning for the fixId array only:
> "WARNING: static const char * array should probably be
>  static const char * const"
> 
> The g_fbmode array cannot be made const as it is modified at runtime
> in lynxfb_setup() and lynx_alloc().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ignacio Peña <ignacio.pena87@...il.com>
> ---
> v2: Only change fixId array. The g_fbmode array is modified at
>     runtime (lines 786, 788, 949, 953) and cannot be const.

There you go.  That works.

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>

regards,
dan carpenter