> > > This comment is applicable to similar changes, also. Use 'const' > > > whenever possible. > > > > does that even have meaning in C? In C++ it does, but afaik in C it > > doesn't. > > Yes it does. Often the variables declared this way will go into the text > section which is marked read-only. true. Doesn't mean too much for the kernel right now (in kernel space not a lot of memory is really read only) though. > I've used this technique in a few very > small programs to reduce their size (I could strip off both their bss and > data sections to save space). Also, I believe that the compiler is able > to optimize code using consts, but this is pure speculation, I've not > verified it. Afaik that's the main difference between C and C++; in C you can still change "const" variables... in C++ thats illegal (at least that's what I remember and google seems to support somewhat ;) - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
