Make this const as it is only stored in the const field of a device structure. Make the declaration in header const too. Structure found using Coccinelle and changes done by hand. Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 2 +- drivers/ata/libata.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c index 65f7574..29e3516 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -5824,7 +5824,7 @@ void ata_host_resume(struct ata_host *host) } #endif -struct device_type ata_port_type = { +const struct device_type ata_port_type = { .name = "ata_port", #ifdef CONFIG_PM .pm = &ata_port_pm_ops, diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h index 839d487..18bf1e9 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata.h +++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ enum { extern int libata_fua; extern int libata_noacpi; extern int libata_allow_tpm; -extern struct device_type ata_port_type; +extern const struct device_type ata_port_type; extern struct ata_link *ata_dev_phys_link(struct ata_device *dev); extern void ata_force_cbl(struct ata_port *ap); extern u64 ata_tf_to_lba(const struct ata_taskfile *tf); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html