Hi, On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 09:29:47AM +0100, Petr Kulhavy wrote: > The musb_hdrc_platform_data::config was defined as a non-const pointer. > However some drivers (e.g. the ux500) set up this pointer to point to a > static structure, which is potentially dangerous. Since the musb core > uses the pointer in a read-only manner the const qualifier was added to > protect the content of the config. > > Signed-off-by: Petr Kulhavy <petr@xxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Bin Liu <b-liu@xxxxxx> It is okay now, but I don't remember I've given my Signed-off-by to this patch yet. Regards, -Bin. > --- > v5: <initial> > > v6: > - whitespace formatting corrected > > v7: <no change> > v8: <no change> > v9: <no change> > v10: <no change> > > drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c | 2 +- > drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h | 2 +- > include/linux/usb/musb.h | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c > index 6a2d6d3..b0be1a9 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c > +++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c > @@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ static void musb_recover_from_babble(struct musb *musb) > */ > > static struct musb *allocate_instance(struct device *dev, > - struct musb_hdrc_config *config, void __iomem *mbase) > + const struct musb_hdrc_config *config, void __iomem *mbase) > { > struct musb *musb; > struct musb_hw_ep *ep; > diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h > index 3f7a325..a062185 100644 > --- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h > +++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h > @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ struct musb { > */ > unsigned double_buffer_not_ok:1; > > - struct musb_hdrc_config *config; > + const struct musb_hdrc_config *config; > > int xceiv_old_state; > #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS > diff --git a/include/linux/usb/musb.h b/include/linux/usb/musb.h > index 96ddfb7..0b3da40 100644 > --- a/include/linux/usb/musb.h > +++ b/include/linux/usb/musb.h > @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ struct musb_hdrc_platform_data { > int (*set_power)(int state); > > /* MUSB configuration-specific details */ > - struct musb_hdrc_config *config; > + const struct musb_hdrc_config *config; > > /* Architecture specific board data */ > void *board_data; > -- > 1.9.1 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html