Re: [PATCH 1/3] w1: Constify struct w1_family_ops

From: Sebastian Reichel
Date: Sun Oct 04 2020 - 17:56:03 EST


Hi,

On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 09:32:00PM +0200, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> The fops field in the w1_family struct is never modified. Make it const
> to indicate that. Constifying the pointer makes it possible for drivers
> to declare static w1_family_ops structs const, which in turn will allow
> the compiler to put it in read-only memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Sebastian

> drivers/w1/w1.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/w1.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/w1/w1.c b/drivers/w1/w1.c
> index e58c7592008d..6bd64bcb6316 100644
> --- a/drivers/w1/w1.c
> +++ b/drivers/w1/w1.c
> @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int w1_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
>
> static int w1_family_notify(unsigned long action, struct w1_slave *sl)
> {
> - struct w1_family_ops *fops;
> + const struct w1_family_ops *fops;
> int err;
>
> fops = sl->family->fops;
> diff --git a/include/linux/w1.h b/include/linux/w1.h
> index cebf3464bc03..949d3b10e531 100644
> --- a/include/linux/w1.h
> +++ b/include/linux/w1.h
> @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ struct w1_family {
> struct list_head family_entry;
> u8 fid;
>
> - struct w1_family_ops *fops;
> + const struct w1_family_ops *fops;
>
> const struct of_device_id *of_match_table;
>
> --
> 2.28.0
>

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