These videobuf_queue_ops structures are only passed as the second argument to videobuf_queue_vmalloc_init, which is declared as const. Thus the videobuf_queue_ops structures themselves can be const. Done with the help of Coccinelle. // <smpl> @r disable optional_qualifier@ identifier i; position p; @@ static struct videobuf_queue_ops i@p = { ... }; @ok1@ identifier r.i; expression e1; position p; @@ videobuf_queue_vmalloc_init(e1,&i@p,...) @bad@ position p != {r.p,ok1.p}; identifier r.i; struct videobuf_queue_ops e; @@ e@i@p @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier r.i; @@ static +const struct videobuf_queue_ops i = { ... }; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-streams.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-streams.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-streams.c index 3c45e007..81d06c1 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-streams.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx18/cx18-streams.c @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static void buffer_queue(struct videobuf_queue *q, struct videobuf_buffer *vb) list_add_tail(&buf->vb.queue, &s->vb_capture); } -static struct videobuf_queue_ops cx18_videobuf_qops = { +static const struct videobuf_queue_ops cx18_videobuf_qops = { .buf_setup = buffer_setup, .buf_prepare = buffer_prepare, .buf_queue = buffer_queue, -- 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