On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 12:01:20PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
>> On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 10:27:19AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>> commit 457b6eb3bf3341d2e143518a0bb99ffbb8d754c4
>>> Author: Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Sat Sep 1 10:16:45 2007 -0400
>>>
>>> drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals
>>> Three main sets of changes:
>>> 1) dmi_get_system_info() return value should have been marked
>>> const,
>>> since callers should not be changing that data.
>>> 2) const-ify DMI internals, since DMI firmware tables should,
>>> whenever possible, be marked const to ensure we never ever write
>>> to
>>> that data area.
>>> 3) const-ify DMI API, to enable marking tables const where
>>> possible
>>> in low-level drivers.
>>> And if we're really lucky, this might enable some additional
>>> optimizations on the part of the compiler.
>>> The bulk of the changes are #2 and #3, which are interrelated.
>>> #1 could
>>> have been a separate patch, but it was so small compared to the
>>> others,
>>> it was easier to roll it into this changeset.
>> Looks great to me, do you want me to take this through my driver tree?
>> I'd be glad to do so.
>
> I was just going to push it myself, but have no strong feelings on the
> matter.
Ok, you can push it, that's fine with me. Feel free to add my:
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
if you want.
thanks,
greg k-h
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