Re: [PATCH] hwmon: constify struct hwmon_chip_info info member harder

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Thu Mar 09 2023 - 11:24:36 EST


On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 01:14:28PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Mar 2023, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 10:28:41AM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> >> Let the struct hwmon_chip_info info member be a pointer to a const array
> >> of const pointers, rather than mutable array of const pointers.
> >>
> >> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: linux-hwmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> include/linux/hwmon.h | 2 +-
> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/linux/hwmon.h b/include/linux/hwmon.h
> >> index c1b62384b6ee..492dd27a5dd8 100644
> >> --- a/include/linux/hwmon.h
> >> +++ b/include/linux/hwmon.h
> >> @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ struct hwmon_channel_info {
> >> */
> >> struct hwmon_chip_info {
> >> const struct hwmon_ops *ops;
> >> - const struct hwmon_channel_info **info;
> >> + const struct hwmon_channel_info * const *info;
> >
> > As pointed out by 0-day, you's also have to change each
> > instance where this is is assigned to another variable.
>
> Ah, sorry, I had THERMAL_OF=n.
>

You also didn't test compile drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c.
I had wondered about that, and 0-day now confirmed it.

Guenter

> BR,
> Jani.
>
>
> >
> > Guenter
> >
> >> };
> >>
> >> /* hwmon_device_register() is deprecated */
> >> --
> >> 2.39.1
> >>
>
> --
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center