Re: [PATCH 3/3] watchdog: mpc8xxx_wdt: Constify static struct watchdog_ops

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Jul 28 2021 - 14:04:40 EST


On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:30:42AM +0200, Rikard Falkeborn wrote:
> The struct mpc8xxx_wdt_ops is only assigned to the ops pointer in the
> watchdog_device struct, which is a pointer to const struct watchdog_ops.
> Make it const to allow the compiler to put it in read-only memory.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
> index 2f7ded32e878..1c569be72ea2 100644
> --- a/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpc8xxx_wdt.c
> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static struct watchdog_info mpc8xxx_wdt_info = {
> .identity = "MPC8xxx",
> };
>
> -static struct watchdog_ops mpc8xxx_wdt_ops = {
> +static const struct watchdog_ops mpc8xxx_wdt_ops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .start = mpc8xxx_wdt_start,
> .ping = mpc8xxx_wdt_ping,
> --
> 2.32.0
>