This structure is only used to copy into another 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 17545 5376 0 22921 5989 drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-abx500.o after: bss dec hex filename 17273 5320 0 22593 5841 drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-abx500.o Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-abx500.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-abx500.c b/drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-abx500.c index f95001b..b32c0d6 100644 --- a/drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-abx500.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/nomadik/pinctrl-abx500.c @@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ static inline void abx500_gpio_dbg_show_one(struct seq_file *s, #define abx500_gpio_dbg_show NULL #endif -static struct gpio_chip abx500gpio_chip = { +static const struct gpio_chip abx500gpio_chip = { .label = "abx500-gpio", .owner = THIS_MODULE, .request = gpiochip_generic_request, -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gpio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html