The snd_ca0106_details table entries are referred only as read-only.
Let's make them const.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-48-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

snd_ca0106_con_category array is read-only and can be marked as const.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-47-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

One snd_ac97_res_table definition remains forgotten without const.
Let's add it for a bit of optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-46-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

The snd_opl3_drum_voice items are all read-only, hence they can be
declared as const.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-45-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

The snd_pcm_ops items defined in snd-dummy driver can be gracefully
declared as const.  Let's mark them for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-44-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-43-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-42-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-41-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-40-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-39-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-38-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-37-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-36-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-35-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.
Constify snd_kcontrol_new items

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-34-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_kcontrol_new definitions are read-only and passed as-is.
Let's declare them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-33-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

The snd_mixer_oss_assign_table is read-only, and can it be declared as
const.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-32-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Both snd_vx_hardware and snd_vx_ops are only referred without
modification, hence they can be constified gracefully for further
optimizations.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-31-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Change the argument of snd_midi_process_event() to receive a const
snd_midi_op pointer and its callers respectively.  This allows further
optimizations.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-30-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

The reference to snd_info_entry_ops is rather read-only, so declare it
as a const pointer.  This allows a bit more optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-29-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now snd_ac97_bus() takes the const ops pointer, so we can define the
snd_ac97_bus_ops locally as const as well for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-28-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now snd_ac97_bus() takes the const ops pointer, so we can define the
snd_ac97_bus_ops locally as const as well for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-27-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now snd_ac97_bus() takes the const ops pointer, so we can define the
snd_ac97_bus_ops locally as const as well for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-26-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now snd_ac97_bus() takes the const ops pointer, so we can define the
snd_ac97_bus_ops locally as const as well for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-25-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now snd_ac97_bus() takes the const ops pointer, so we can define the
snd_ac97_bus_ops locally as const as well for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-24-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

This is a preliminary patch to allow const for snd_ac97_bus_ops
definitions in each driver's code.  The ops reference is read-only,
hence it can be declared as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-23-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_timer_hardware definitions do simply copying to another
struct as-is.  Mark them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-22-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Most of snd_timer_hardware definitions do simply copying to another
struct as-is.  Mark them as const for further optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-21-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Update the documentation for adding the const prefix to snd_device_ops
definitions as well.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-20-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-19-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-18-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-17-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-16-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-15-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-14-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-13-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-12-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-11-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-10-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Now we may declare const for snd_device_ops definitions, so let's do
it for optimization.

There should be no functional changes by this patch.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200103081714.9560-9-tiwai@suse.deSigned-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>