From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A3522C9A for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:15:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 292B760ED3; Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:15:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1634667342; bh=2TUzVw5ZA8w8DxiVN943nQjmgkrvwH6z904KMqjq99g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=13xZMANQ5KBexO+SCZFyJ60dte1ssohR9wWReIsvozgWYjmp2PgjWpJsGBijVsoL6 cPkByNcJcOLBDp+7+n1manYrOiD15V1GWRSayLrjeQY/a2GksHwOcaSPRbbWYylDqx XtSIOpL2tpNBCJVkLOFGvBXheFvt1c3CoVUbqy4g= Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:15:39 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] staging: prepare for const netdev->dev_addr Message-ID: References: <20211019171243.1412240-1-kuba@kernel.org> <20211019110159.7936901a@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20211019110159.7936901a@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:01:59AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:34:18 +0200 Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:12:35AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > Hi Greg, > > > > > > This set prepares staging for netdev->dev_addr being const. > > > We need to sprinkle const around some variables and arguments > > > and use appropriate helpers to write to netdev->dev_addr. > > > > > > I'll do another pass over staging before the merge window, > > > this set is based on what's already there in net-next. > > > > Are these ok to take through my tree now? Or are you wanting to take > > them all through netdev? > > I was expecting you to take them, I'll only mark netdev->dev_addr const > after the next merge window so no rush until then. Ok, I'll apply them to my tree tomorrow, thanks! greg k-h