Re: [PATCH] powerpc: make irq_chip const, __initdata and __initconst
From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Wed Sep 20 2017 - 02:23:44 EST
Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Make ehv_pic_irq_chip, mpic_ipi_chip and mpic_tm_chip const as they are
> used only as a copy operation. This usage is during init, so make them
> __initconst too.
> Make mpic_ipi_chip __initdata as it is only modified during the init
> phase and there is no reference of it anywhere after init.
The change log doesn't seem to match the code.
It's mpic_tm_chip which you marked __initdata, and that looks wrong, as
we keep a pointer to it here:
mpic->hc_tm = mpic_tm_chip;
cheers