softirq: use const char * const for softirq_to_name, whitespace neatening Reduce data size a little. Reduce checkpatch noise. $ size kernel/softirq.o* text data bss dec hex filename 11554 6013 4008 21575 5447 kernel/softirq.o.new 11474 6093 4008 21575 5447 kernel/softirq.o.old Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h index db43b58..0053add 100644 --- a/include/linux/interrupt.h +++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ /* map softirq index to softirq name. update 'softirq_to_name' in * kernel/softirq.c when adding a new softirq. */ -extern char *softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS]; +extern const char * const softirq_to_name[NR_SOFTIRQS]; /* softirq mask and active fields moved to irq_cpustat_t in * asm/hardirq.h to get better cache usage. KAO