On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 12:43:08PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > [ Upstream commit 80ddce5f2dbd0e83eadc9f9d373439180d599fe5 ]
> >
> > Since commit 3d439b1a2ad3 ("thermal/core: Alloc-copy-free the thermal zone
> > parameters structure"), thermal_zone_device_register() allocates a copy
> > of the tzp argument and callers need not explicitly manage its lifetime.
> >
> > This means the function no longer cares about the parameter being
> > mutable, so constify it.
> >
> > No functional change.
>
> Not a bugfix, should not be in stable.
>
> 3d439b1a2ad3 ("thermal/core: Alloc-copy-free the thermal zone
> parameters structure") is not in 6.1, so this is not correct patch for
> 6.1.
>
> Why was this selected for AUTOSEL? Can you make sure patches marked
> "No functional change." are not selected in future?
No, because sometimes they are needed in later patches. And marking
things const is good :)
thanks,
greg k-h
