Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: audio_manager_module: make envp array static const

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:20:07 -0500
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.outreachy,dev.linux.lists.linux-staging,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <2025111341-attendee-ferment-262b@gregkh>
On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 09:01:46PM +0800, Chang Junzheng wrote:
> From: Chang Junzheng <[email protected]>
> 
> The envp array in send_add_uevent() function is declared as a non-const
> local array, which triggers the following checkpatch.pl warning:
> 
> WARNING: char * array declaration might be better as static const
> 
> Change the declaration to 'static const char * const' to improve code
> safety by making the array read-only and allow for better compiler
> optimization. This follows the kernel coding style recommendations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chang Junzheng <[email protected]>

You sent this twice?

> ---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c
> index 4a4dfb42f50f..ca6a2cd0bc4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager_module.c
> @@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ static void send_add_uevent(struct gb_audio_manager_module *module)
>  	char ip_devices_string[64];
>  	char op_devices_string[64];
>  
> -	char *envp[] = {
> -		name_string,
> -		vid_string,
> -		pid_string,
> -		intf_id_string,
> -		ip_devices_string,
> -		op_devices_string,
> -		NULL
> +	static const char * const envp[] = {
> +						name_string,
> +						vid_string,
> +						pid_string,
> +						intf_id_string,
> +						ip_devices_string,
> +						op_devices_string,
> +						NULL

Why did you indent this?

thanks,

greg k-h