The net_protocol structure is only passed as the first argument to inet_add_protocol or inet_del_protocol, both of which are declared as const. Thus the net_protocol structure itself can be const. Done with the help of Coccinelle. --- net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 4 ++-- net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- 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