Re: [PATCH 1/6] clk: make strings in parent name arrays const

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 20:16 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:55:19AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 19:40 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > > The clk functions and structs declare the parent_name arrays as
> > > 'const char **parent_names' which means the parent name strings
> > > are const, but the array itself is not. Use
> > > 'const char * const * parent_names' instead which also makes
> > > the array const. This allows us to put the parent_name arrays into
> > > the __initconst section.
> > 
> > If these are pointer entries are stored, care needs to be
> > taken to make sure that the memory isn't discarded or needed
> > post init.
> 
> The clock framework makes deep copies of all initialization data
> structures.

Great.  Is/Should that be documented somewhere?

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