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

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Jan 11 2023 - 04:54:28 EST


On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 01:38:05PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 1:25 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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>
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> > Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
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> > Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jilin Yuan <yuanjilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Won Chung <wonchung@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> (which my ACPI maintainer hat on).

thanks for the review, I'll add it to the v2 patch.

greg k-h