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[19/25] of: add const to struct *of_device_id.data

Message ID 1343034810-3386-20-git-send-email-u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de
State New
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Uwe Kleine-König July 23, 2012, 9:13 a.m. UTC 
Drivers should never need to modify the data of a device id. So it can
be const which in turn allows more consts in the driver.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
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 include/linux/mod_devicetable.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Greg KH July 23, 2012, 3:32 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:13:24AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Drivers should never need to modify the data of a device id. So it can
> be const which in turn allows more consts in the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 5db9382..98fb3fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@  struct of_device_id
 	char	type[32];
 	char	compatible[128];
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-	void	*data;
+	const void *data;
 #else
 	kernel_ulong_t data;
 #endif