Emil Goode wrote: > This patch fixes the following sparse warnings > by removing use of duplicate const. Is this really just about quieting sparse noise? I would find it clearer to read a more straightforward explanation like Remove some redundant uses of "const" detected by sparse: but that is only a nitpick. [...] > --- a/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-alsa.c > +++ b/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-alsa.c > @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static struct snd_kcontrol_new snd_cx88_alc_switch = { > * Only boards with eeprom and byte 1 at eeprom=1 have it > */ > > -static const struct pci_device_id const cx88_audio_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = { > +static const struct pci_device_id cx88_audio_pci_tbl[] __devinitdata = { These double "const" were introduced in v2.6.37-rc1~64^2~464 (V4L/DVB: drivers/media: Make static data tables and strings const, 2010-08-25). The address of an array is already immutable by definition, so for what it's worth, with or without a clarified commit message, Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html