Re: [PATCH 1/2] PNP: constify driver name

[LABBE Corentin]

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 06:46:24PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On 3/6/2020 8:53 AM, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> > struct pnp_driver has name set as char* instead of const char* like platform_driver, pci_driver, usb_driver, etc...
> > Let's unify a bit by setting name as const char*.
> > Furthermore, all users of this structures set name from already const
> > data.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   include/linux/pnp.h | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/pnp.h b/include/linux/pnp.h
> > index 3b12fd28af78..b18dca67253d 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/pnp.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/pnp.h
> > @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ struct pnp_id {
> >   };
> >   
> >   struct pnp_driver {
> > -	char *name;
> > +	const char *name;
> >   	const struct pnp_device_id *id_table;
> >   	unsigned int flags;
> >   	int (*probe) (struct pnp_dev *dev, const struct pnp_device_id *dev_id);
> 
> Applied as 5.7 material along with the [2/2].
> 
> BTW, please CC PNP patches to linux-acpi in the future.
> 

Perhaps it is better to update MAINTAINERS ?
I will send a patch for it.