netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 06/15] dsa: Remove const from tag driver ops structure

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Message-ID: <9439fff5-9ddd-9e49-1c1e-6b66b5aeb2c2@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:58:46 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/15] dsa: Remove const from tag driver ops
 structure



On 4/17/2019 7:31 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> A later patch will create a linked list of tag driver ops structures,
> using a list_head in the structure. So the structure cannot be const.

Can't we encapsulate the existing dsa_device_ops, while leaving them
const into another structure which is not const? Similar to how we did
with the dsa_switch_driver structure?
-- 
Florian