netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: mark netlink policy as __ro_after

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Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:58:56 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     mkubecek@...e.cz, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: mark netlink policy as __ro_after_init

On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:57:18 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Like all genl families ethtool_genl_family needs to not
> be a straight up constant, because it's modified/initialized
> by genl_register_family(). After init, however, it's only
> passed to genlmsg_put() & co. therefore we can mark it
> as __ro_after_init.

Sorry I just realized the subject is off.