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/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c index ba2b03d..f9aef2a 100644 --- a/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/mediatek/pinctrl-mtk-common.c @@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static int mtk_gpio_set_debounce(struct gpio_chip *chip, unsigned offset, return 0; } -static struct gpio_chip mtk_gpio_chip = { +static const struct gpio_chip mtk_gpio_chip = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .request = gpiochip_generic_request, .free = gpiochip_generic_free, -- 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