Re: [PATCH] staging: unisys: visorbus: Declared char * array as static const

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 12:30:42PM +0530, Harsha Sharma wrote:
> State explicitly that individual entries in array will not change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harsha Sharma <harshasharmaiitr@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> index 6d4498f..6f2a010 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorbus/visorchipset.c
> @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static ssize_t deviceenabled_store(struct device *dev,
>  	struct controlvm_message_packet *cmd = &req->msg.cmd;
>  	char env_cmd[40], env_id[40], env_state[40], env_bus[40], env_dev[40],
>  	    env_func[40];
> -	char *envp[] = {
> +	static const char * const envp[] = {

Are you _sure_ about this?  Why make it static?  That seems a bit "odd",
don't you think?  You need a lot more changelog text to get everyone to
agree that this is ok to do...

Also, you forgot to cc: the actual maintainers of this code...

thanks,

greg k-h