The v4l2_m2m_ops structures are only passed as the only argument to v4l2_m2m_init, which is declared as const. Thus the v4l2_m2m_ops structures themselves can be const. Done with the help of Coccinelle. // <smpl> @r disable optional_qualifier@ identifier i; position p; @@ static struct v4l2_m2m_ops i@p = { ... }; @ok1@ identifier r.i; position p; @@ v4l2_m2m_init(&i@p) @bad@ position p != {r.p,ok1.p}; identifier r.i; struct v4l2_m2m_ops e; @@ e@i@p @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier r.i; @@ static +const struct v4l2_m2m_ops i = { ... }; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/platform/m2m-deinterlace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/m2m-deinterlace.c b/drivers/media/platform/m2m-deinterlace.c index 980066b..98f6db2 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/m2m-deinterlace.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/m2m-deinterlace.c @@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ static int deinterlace_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) .vfl_dir = VFL_DIR_M2M, }; -static struct v4l2_m2m_ops m2m_ops = { +static const struct v4l2_m2m_ops m2m_ops = { .device_run = deinterlace_device_run, .job_ready = deinterlace_job_ready, .job_abort = deinterlace_job_abort,