Re: [PATCH] Make gpiochip label const

[Dmitry <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>]

2008/8/19 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:00:35 +0400 Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 03:06:19PM -0700, David Brownell wrote:
>> > > From dbaryshkov@gmail.com  Tue Aug 12 13:54:29 2008
>> > > From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
>> > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> > > Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>,
>> > >   David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
>> > > Subject: [PATCH] Make gpiochip label const
>> > > Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:39:48 +0400
>> > >
>> > > Mark gpiochip label as a const char pointer.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
>> > > Cc: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
>> >
>> > Acked-By: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
>> >
>>
>> Sorry to disturb, but will this make into 2.6.27-rc? Thanks.
>>
>
> Ordinarily it would not.  Is there some reason why you think it should?
>

It fixes lots of warnings (one per each instance of code filling the gpio chip)
and is pretty much small to honour inclusion IMO

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With best wishes
Dmitry