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> --- sound/soc/soc-ac97.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-ac97.c b/sound/soc/soc-ac97.c index bc4a55b..6c8b0b0 100644 --- a/sound/soc/soc-ac97.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-ac97.c @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int snd_soc_ac97_gpio_direction_out(struct gpio_chip *chip, return snd_soc_update_bits(codec, AC97_GPIO_CFG, 1 << offset, 0); } -static struct gpio_chip snd_soc_ac97_gpio_chip = { +static const struct gpio_chip snd_soc_ac97_gpio_chip = { .label = "snd_soc_ac97", .owner = THIS_MODULE, .request = snd_soc_ac97_gpio_request, -- 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