On Thu, 21 Jan 2016, David Vrabel wrote: > On 23/12/15 21:06, Julia Lawall wrote: > > The cleancache_ops structure is never modified, so declare it as const. > > > > This also removes the __read_mostly declaration on the cleancache_ops > > variable declaration, since it seems redundant with const. > > > > Done with the help of Coccinelle. > > > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > Not sure that the __read_mostly change is correct. Does it apply to the > > variable, or to what the variable points to? > > The variable, so... Thanks. I'll update the patch, unless you have already fixed it. julia > > --- a/mm/cleancache.c > > +++ b/mm/cleancache.c > > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ > > * cleancache_ops is set by cleancache_register_ops to contain the pointers > > * to the cleancache "backend" implementation functions. > > */ > > -static struct cleancache_ops *cleancache_ops __read_mostly; > > +static const struct cleancache_ops *cleancache_ops; > > ...you want to retain the __read_mostly here. > > David > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
