[PATCH v2 1/4] command: Use a constant pointer for the help
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Sun Aug 1 20:02:40 CEST 2021
This text should never change during execution, so it makes sense to
use a const char * so that it can be declared as const in the code.
Update struct cmd_tbl with a const char * pointer for 'help'.
We cannot make usage const because of the bmode command, used on mx53ppd
for example.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
Changes in v2:
- Explain why 'usage' cannot be const
include/command.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/command.h b/include/command.h
index 137cfbc3231..f8e07a591c6 100644
--- a/include/command.h
+++ b/include/command.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct cmd_tbl {
char *const argv[]);
char *usage; /* Usage message (short) */
#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP
- char *help; /* Help message (long) */
+ const char *help; /* Help message (long) */
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
/* do auto completion on the arguments */
--
2.32.0.554.ge1b32706d8-goog
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