netdev - Re: [XFRM]: constify 'struct xfrm

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Message-ID: <4798D7B9.5090406@cosmosbay.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:23:53 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [XFRM]: constify 'struct xfrm_type'

Joe Perches a écrit :
> On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 12:26 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> -	struct xfrm_type *type;
>> +	const struct xfrm_type *type;
> 
> Perhaps const foo * const bar; for most or all of these
> conversions?
> 

Hum...

Having const data is nice because moving them from .data to .rodata,
but what would be practical gains to use a const pointer ???

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