2017-08-17 13:23:07

by Arvind Yadav

Subject: [PATCH] net: ibm: ibmveth: constify vio_device_id

vio_device_id are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
working with vio_device_id provided by <asm/vio.h> work with
const vio_device_id. So mark the non-const structs as const.

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

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index d17c2b0..f210398 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ static int ibmveth_resume(struct device *dev)
return 0;
}

-static struct vio_device_id ibmveth_device_table[] = {
+static const struct vio_device_id ibmveth_device_table[] = {
{ "network", "IBM,l-lan"},
{ "", "" }
};
--
2.7.4

2017-08-17 13:23:14

by Arvind Yadav

Subject: [PATCH] net: ibm: ibmvnic: constify vio_device_id

vio_device_id are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
working with vio_device_id provided by <asm/vio.h> work with
const vio_device_id. So mark the non-const structs as const.

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

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index a3e6946..d5372b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -3859,7 +3859,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_resume(struct device *dev)
return 0;
}

-static struct vio_device_id ibmvnic_device_table[] = {
+static const struct vio_device_id ibmvnic_device_table[] = {
{"network", "IBM,vnic"},
{"", "" }
};
--
2.7.4

2017-08-17 17:18:07

by David Miller

Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ibm: ibmveth: constify vio_device_id

From: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:52:53 +0530

> vio_device_id are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with vio_device_id provided by <asm/vio.h> work with
> const vio_device_id. So mark the non-const structs as const.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>

Applied.

2017-08-17 17:18:12

by David Miller

Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ibm: ibmvnic: constify vio_device_id

From: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:52:54 +0530

> vio_device_id are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
> working with vio_device_id provided by <asm/vio.h> work with
> const vio_device_id. So mark the non-const structs as const.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <[email protected]>

Applied.