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Date:   Wed, 3 Mar 2021 09:36:19 +0100 (CET)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
To:     Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at>
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Subject: Re: [Cocci] linux-kernel janitorial RFP: Mark static arrays as
 const
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On Tue, 2 Mar 2021, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> On 02/03/2021 18:42, Joe Perches wrote:
> [...]
> > ------------- For instance: (head -10 of the git grep for file statics)
> >
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/keyhelp.c:18:static u_short masks[] = { 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 };
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/keyhelp.c:26:static u_char funcvals[] = {
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c:2059:static spkup_hand spkup_handler[] = {
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_acntpc.c:35:static unsigned int synth_portlist[] = { 0x2a8, 0 };
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_decpc.c:133:static int synth_portlist[] = { 0x340, 0x350, 0x240, 0x250, 0 };
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dectlk.c:110:static int ap_defaults[] = {122, 89, 155, 110, 208, 240, 200, 106, 306};
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dectlk.c:111:static int g5_defaults[] = {86, 81, 86, 84, 81, 80, 83, 83, 73};
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_dtlk.c:34:static unsigned int synth_portlist[] = {
> > drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_keypc.c:34:static unsigned int synth_portlist[] = { 0x2a8, 0 };
> > drivers/acpi/ac.c:137:static enum power_supply_property ac_props[] = {
> >
> > For drivers/accessibility/speakup/keyhelp.c:18:static u_short masks[] = { 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 };
>
> Looking at the examples: Just s/^static /static const / in the lines
> reported by the grep's above and see if it compiles (and save space)?

There is a small risk with compiling that there may be a problem for a
configuration you haven't considered.

julia