Re: [PATCH 1/1] Constify struct kset_uevent_ops for 2.6.33-rc2

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 01:16:58AM +0100, Emese Revfy wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 09:58:11PM +0100, Emese Revfy wrote:
> >>>> I double checked both the declaration and definitions of the affected
> >>>> function/structure and they are consistently const here.
> >>>> Can you tell me what patch/tree combination you encountered this
> >>>> warning with?
> >>> 2.6.33-rc2 with your patch.
> >> Here is the updated patch for 2.6.33-rc2 in one piece.
> >> Emese
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Emese Revfy <re.emese@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Constify struct kset_uevent_ops.
> > 
> > Why is this needed?  What does it accomplish?
> 
> This is my contribution to the ops structure constification effort
> that some developers started a few years ago (Arjan, Al Viro, etc.)
> and that has been worked on somewhat sporadically ever since. For a
> summary of why this is useful please see Arjan's email:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/14/216

Then please insert this kind of information in the patch itself,
otherwise it is totally unknown.

Care to resend with the proper information in it?

thanks,

greg k-h
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