[PATCH 1/6] clk: make strings in parent name arrays const
Joe Perches
joe at perches.com
Mon Mar 30 10:55:19 PDT 2015
On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 19:40 +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> The clk functions and structs declare the parent_name arrays as
> 'const char **parent_names' which means the parent name strings
> are const, but the array itself is not. Use
> 'const char * const * parent_names' instead which also makes
> the array const. This allows us to put the parent_name arrays into
> the __initconst section.
If these are pointer entries are stored, care needs to be
taken to make sure that the memory isn't discarded or needed
post init.
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