Re: [PATCH 04/14] xen/char: console: Use const whenever we point to literal strings
Hi Jan, On 06/04/2021 09:10, Jan Beulich wrote: On 05.04.2021 17:57, Julien Grall wrote: --- a/xen/drivers/char/console.c +++ b/xen/drivers/char/console.c @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int parse_guest_loglvl(const char *s); static char xenlog_val[LOGLVL_VAL_SZ]; static char xenlog_guest_val[LOGLVL_VAL_SZ]; -static char *lvl2opt[] = { "none", "error", "warning", "info", "all" }; +static const char *lvl2opt[] = { "none", "error", "warning", "info", "all" }; If you add any const here, then I think you should go to full way and also add the second missing one. Then Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich Arguably the array should also be local to xenlog_update_val(). I will look at it and send a new version. Cheers, -- Julien Grall
Re: [PATCH 04/14] xen/char: console: Use const whenever we point to literal strings
On 05.04.2021 17:57, Julien Grall wrote: > --- a/xen/drivers/char/console.c > +++ b/xen/drivers/char/console.c > @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int parse_guest_loglvl(const char *s); > static char xenlog_val[LOGLVL_VAL_SZ]; > static char xenlog_guest_val[LOGLVL_VAL_SZ]; > > -static char *lvl2opt[] = { "none", "error", "warning", "info", "all" }; > +static const char *lvl2opt[] = { "none", "error", "warning", "info", "all" }; If you add any const here, then I think you should go to full way and also add the second missing one. Then Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich Arguably the array should also be local to xenlog_update_val(). Jan
[PATCH 04/14] xen/char: console: Use const whenever we point to literal strings
From: Julien Grall literal strings are not meant to be modified. So we should use const char * rather than char * when we want to store a pointer to them. Signed-off-by: Julien Grall --- xen/drivers/char/console.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/drivers/char/console.c b/xen/drivers/char/console.c index 23583751709c..72a7cd1c32c1 100644 --- a/xen/drivers/char/console.c +++ b/xen/drivers/char/console.c @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int parse_guest_loglvl(const char *s); static char xenlog_val[LOGLVL_VAL_SZ]; static char xenlog_guest_val[LOGLVL_VAL_SZ]; -static char *lvl2opt[] = { "none", "error", "warning", "info", "all" }; +static const char *lvl2opt[] = { "none", "error", "warning", "info", "all" }; static void xenlog_update_val(int lower, int upper, char *val) { @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static int parse_guest_loglvl(const char *s) return ret; } -static char *loglvl_str(int lvl) +static const char *loglvl_str(int lvl) { switch ( lvl ) { -- 2.17.1