Re: [rfc patch] treewide: Convert "static const char <*> foo[] =" to"static const char <*> const foo[] ="

From: Mike Frysinger
Date: Thu Sep 09 2010 - 14:30:12 EST


On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 14:22, Joe Perches wrote:
> To move data to const sections, specify
> that the pointed to strings are also const.

did you find cases where this couldnt be done ? this is going to keep
creeping back in with new drivers unless we have something like
checkpatch.pl catching it ...

> Any ideas on how best to get this verified and included?

where is the actual patch ?
-mike
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