On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 11:17:06AM +0530, Shraddha Barke wrote: > Declare the file_operations structure ll_file_operations as const, as done > elsewhere in the kernel, as there are no modifications to its fields. > > Problem found using checkpatch: > > WARNING: struct file_operations should normally be const > > Signed-off-by: Shraddha Barke <shraddha.6596@xxxxxxxxx> > --- You have not even build tested your patch before sending. :( drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c:3119:30: error: conflicting type qualifiers for ‘ll_file_operations’ const struct file_operations ll_file_operations = { ^ In file included from drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c:48:0: drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h:710:31: note: previous declaration of ‘ll_file_operations’ was here extern struct file_operations ll_file_operations; ^ drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c:3132:30: error: conflicting type qualifiers for ‘ll_file_operations_flock’ const struct file_operations ll_file_operations_flock = { ^ In file included from drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c:48:0: drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h:711:31: note: previous declaration of ‘ll_file_operations_flock’ was here extern struct file_operations ll_file_operations_flock; ^ drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c:3148:30: error: conflicting type qualifiers for ‘ll_file_operations_noflock’ const struct file_operations ll_file_operations_noflock = { ^ In file included from drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c:48:0: drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/llite_internal.h:712:31: note: previous declaration of ‘ll_file_operations_noflock’ was here extern struct file_operations ll_file_operations_noflock; ^ make[3]: *** [drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite] Error 2 make[1]: *** [drivers/staging/lustre/lustre] Error 2 make: *** [_module_drivers/staging/lustre] Error 2 regards sudip _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel