Re: [PATCH 17/17] tty: srmcons: make 'str_cr' const and non-array

[Richard Henderson]

On 11/21/23 03:22, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
> 'str_cr' contains a single character: \n. There is no need to declare it

\r

> as array. Declare it as a variable, make it const and pass a pointer to
> it to callback_puts().
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>   arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
> index c6b821afbfd3..a6cff61706b5 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ srmcons_receive_chars(struct timer_list *t)
>   static void
>   srmcons_do_write(struct tty_port *port, const char *buf, int count)
>   {
> -	static char str_cr[1] = "\r";
> +	static const char str_cr = '\r';

An array of one element is fine -- what's wrong with that?
Adding const is an improvement though.


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