linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: make _action_public

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Message-ID: <2026020713-chemo-affront-d155@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 14:21:26 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Giorgi Tchankvetadze <giorgitchankvetadze1997@...il.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723bs: make _action_public_str const

On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 05:16:50PM +0400, Giorgi Tchankvetadze wrote:
> The _action_public_str array is never modified at runtime and 
> serves as a lookup table. Mark it 'static const char * const' 
> to allow the compiler to put it in the read-only data section.
> 
> This fixes a checkpatch warning:
> WARNING: static const char * array should probably be static const char * const
> 
> Signed-off-by: Giorgi Tchankvetadze <giorgitchankvetadze1997@...il.com>
> ---
> v2: add blank line before Signed-off-by (suggested by Dan Carpenter)
> 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> index 8fdeeda88a6d..4de0875904eb 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> @@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ int rtw_action_frame_parse(const u8 *frame, u32 frame_len, u8 *category, u8 *act
>  	return true;
>  }
>  
> -static const char *_action_public_str[] = {
> +static const char * const _action_public_str[] = {
>  	"ACT_PUB_BSSCOEXIST",
>  	"ACT_PUB_DSE_ENABLE",
>  	"ACT_PUB_DSE_DEENABLE",
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 
> 

Hi,

This is the friendly patch-bot of Greg Kroah-Hartman.  You have sent him
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