This structure is only used to copy into other structure, so declare it as const. This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch: @r disable optional_qualifier@ identifier i; position p; @@ static struct gpio_chip i@p = { ... }; @ok@ identifier r.i; expression e; position p; @@ e = i@p; @bad@ position p != {r.p,ok.p}; identifier r.i; struct gpio_chip e; @@ e@i@p @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier r.i; @@ static +const struct gpio_chip i = { ... }; In the following log you can see a significant difference in the code size and data segment, hence in the dec segment. This log is the output of the size command, before and after the code change: before: text data bss dec hex filename 13129 2808 192 16129 3f01 drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.o after: text data bss dec hex filename 12839 2720 192 15751 3d87 drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.o Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c index 273badd..245ccfd 100644 --- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm.c @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void msm_gpio_dbg_show(struct seq_file *s, struct gpio_chip *chip) #define msm_gpio_dbg_show NULL #endif -static struct gpio_chip msm_gpio_template = { +static const struct gpio_chip msm_gpio_template = { .direction_input = msm_gpio_direction_input, .direction_output = msm_gpio_direction_output, .get_direction = msm_gpio_get_direction, -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html