On Aug 28 2007 01:33, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 01:40:31PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: >> Add const to some struct task_struct * uses > >Why, oh, why?
So that you can actually pass in a const struct task_struct * without having to cast it back to [non-const]. Why one would have a const struct task_struct * in the first place is a different matter. But see http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=77adbfbf4cf96fedf9b75bb330704828c187b190 Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
