Re: [PATCH 3/5] driver core: make struct device_type.uevent() take a const *

From: Mika Westerberg
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 09:01:46 EST


On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 01:25:21PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The uevent() callback in struct device_type should not be modifying the
> device that is passed into it, so mark it as a const * and propagate the
> function signature changes out into all relevant subsystems that use
> this callback.
>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mark Gross <markgross@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bard Liao <yung-chuan.liao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sanyog Kale <sanyog.r.kale@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # for Thunderbolt