Re: [PATCH v2] drm/tilcdc: add const to of_device_id

From: Jyri Sarha
Date: Thu Dec 16 2021 - 05:21:11 EST


On 2021-12-16 11:44, Joe Perches wrote:
On Thu, 2021-12-16 at 17:26 +0800, Xiang wangx wrote:
struct of_device_id should normally be const.
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diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c
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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void tilcdc_module_cleanup(struct tilcdc_module *mod)
list_del(&mod->list);
}

-static struct of_device_id tilcdc_of_match[];
+static const struct of_device_id tilcdc_of_match[];

This line could likely be removed instead.

$ git grep -w -n tilcdc_of_match
drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c:63:static struct of_device_id
tilcdc_of_match[];
drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c:590:static struct of_device_id
tilcdc_of_match[] = {
drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c:595:MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of,
tilcdc_of_match);
drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c:603:
.of_match_table = tilcdc_of_match,


Oh yes. It appears to have been there from day one and even then it was bogus.

Xiang Wang, could you produce one more version of the patch with the declaration removed.

Best regards,
Jyri

@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int tilcdc_pdev_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;
}

-static struct of_device_id tilcdc_of_match[] = {
+static const struct of_device_id tilcdc_of_match[] = {
{ .compatible = "ti,am33xx-tilcdc", },
{ .compatible = "ti,da850-tilcdc", },
{ },