Re: Checkpatch bad Warning (Re: [PATCH] powerpc/kgdb: add kgdb_arch_set/remove_breakpoint())

[Michael Ellerman]

Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 2018-09-18 at 09:33 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> On the below patch, checkpatch reports
>> 
>> WARNING: struct kgdb_arch should normally be const
>> #127: FILE: arch/powerpc/kernel/kgdb.c:480:
>> +struct kgdb_arch arch_kgdb_ops;
>> 
>> But when I add 'const', I get compilation failure
>
> So don't add const.
>
> checkpatch is stupid.  You are not.
>
> _Always_ take checkpatch bleats with very
> large grains of salt.
>
> Perhaps send a patch to remove kgbd_arch
> from scripts/const_structs.checkpatch as
> it seems not ever to be const.

I think it could/should be const though, it just requires updating all
arches.

cheers