linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: fix const array warning

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Message-ID: <2025123055-procurer-prodigal-27b6@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:42:10 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: MottiKumar <mottikumarbabu@...il.com>
Cc: sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com, teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com,
	skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: sm750fb: fix const array warning

On Fri, Dec 26, 2025 at 05:34:17PM +0530, MottiKumar wrote:
> Add a missing const to g_fbmode to fix a checkpatch warning:
> "static const char * array should probably be static const char * const"
> 
> Signed-off-by: MottiKumar <mottikumarbabu@...il.com>
> ---
>  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 d100b9e1d3d5..7afb58561a0c 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};
>  static const char *g_def_fbmode = "1024x768-32@60";
>  static char *g_settings;
>  static int g_dualview;
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
> 

Did you test build this change?  If not, please do so.

thanks,

greg k-h