These structures are only used to copy into other structures, so declare them as const. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @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 = { ... }; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/mfd/sm501.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/sm501.c b/drivers/mfd/sm501.c index 65cd0d2..4053435 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/sm501.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/sm501.c @@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ static int sm501_gpio_output(struct gpio_chip *chip, return 0; } -static struct gpio_chip gpio_chip_template = { +static const struct gpio_chip gpio_chip_template = { .ngpio = 32, .direction_input = sm501_gpio_input, .direction_output = sm501_gpio_output, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
