2017-08-25 18:23:54

by Arvind Yadav

Subject: [PATCH] crypto: padlock-aes: constify x86_cpu_id

x86_cpu_id are not supposed to change at runtime. MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
and x86_match_cpu are working with const x86_cpu_id. So mark the
non-const x86_cpu_id structs as const.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>
---
drivers/crypto/padlock-aes.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/padlock-aes.c b/drivers/crypto/padlock-aes.c
index b386974..4b6642a 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/padlock-aes.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/padlock-aes.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static struct crypto_alg cbc_aes_alg = {
}
};

-static struct x86_cpu_id padlock_cpu_id[] = {
+static const struct x86_cpu_id padlock_cpu_id[] = {
X86_FEATURE_MATCH(X86_FEATURE_XCRYPT),
{}
};
--
2.7.4

2017-09-22 10:15:37

by Herbert Xu

Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: padlock-aes: constify x86_cpu_id

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:53:42PM +0530, Arvind Yadav wrote:
> x86_cpu_id are not supposed to change at runtime. MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
> and x86_match_cpu are working with const x86_cpu_id. So mark the
> non-const x86_cpu_id structs as const.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>

Patch applied. Thanks.
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