Re: [PATCH 1/2] PM / Domains: Mark "name" const in genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_name()

[Ulf Hansson]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019 at 19:13, Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_name() simply takes the name and passes it
> to of_property_match_string() where the argument is "const char *".
> Adding a const here allows a later patch to add a const to
> dev_pm_domain_attach_by_name() which allows drivers to pass in a name
> that was declared "const" in a driver.
>
> Fixes: 5d6be70add65 ("PM / Domains: Introduce option to attach a device by name to genpd")
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Kind regards
Uffe


> ---
>
>  drivers/base/power/domain.c | 2 +-
>  include/linux/pm_domain.h   | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/domain.c b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> index 45eafe8cf7dd..2c334c01fc43 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/domain.c
> @@ -2483,7 +2483,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id);
>   * power-domain-names DT property. For further description see
>   * genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id().
>   */
> -struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_name(struct device *dev, char *name)
> +struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_name(struct device *dev, const char *name)
>  {
>         int index;
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/pm_domain.h b/include/linux/pm_domain.h
> index dd364abb649a..203be5082f33 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pm_domain.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pm_domain.h
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int genpd_dev_pm_attach(struct device *dev);
>  struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id(struct device *dev,
>                                          unsigned int index);
>  struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_name(struct device *dev,
> -                                          char *name);
> +                                          const char *name);
>  #else /* !CONFIG_PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS_OF */
>  static inline int of_genpd_add_provider_simple(struct device_node *np,
>                                         struct generic_pm_domain *genpd)
> @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static inline struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id(struct device *dev,
>  }
>
>  static inline struct device *genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_name(struct device *dev,
> -                                                        char *name)
> +                                                        const char *name)
>  {
>         return NULL;
>  }
> --
> 2.21.0.rc0.258.g878e2cd30e-goog
>