Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:16:57 +0200 | From | Sascha Hauer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/6] clk: make strings in parent name arrays const |
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:55:19AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 19:40 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > > The clk functions and structs declare the parent_name arrays as > > 'const char **parent_names' which means the parent name strings > > are const, but the array itself is not. Use > > 'const char * const * parent_names' instead which also makes > > the array const. This allows us to put the parent_name arrays into > > the __initconst section. > > If these are pointer entries are stored, care needs to be > taken to make sure that the memory isn't discarded or needed > post init.
The clock framework makes deep copies of all initialization data structures.
Sascha
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