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SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visorbus: Declared char * array as static const
On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 12:30:42PM +0530, Harsha Sharma wrote:
> State explicitly that individual entries in array will not change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harsha Sharma <harshasharmaiitr@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> index 6d4498f..6f2a010 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static ssize_t deviceenabled_store(struct device *dev,
> struct controlvm_message_packet *cmd = &req->msg.cmd;
> char env_cmd[40], env_id[40], env_state[40], env_bus[40], env_dev[40],
> env_func[40];
> - char *envp[] = {
> + static const char * const envp[] = {

Are you _sure_ about this? Why make it static? That seems a bit "odd",
don't you think? You need a lot more changelog text to get everyone to
agree that this is ok to do...

Also, you forgot to cc: the actual maintainers of this code...

thanks,

greg k-h

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