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/ti-vpe/vpe.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c index c471514..2873c22 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/ti-vpe/vpe.c @@ -2430,7 +2430,7 @@ static int vpe_release(struct file *file) .vfl_dir = VFL_DIR_M2M, }; -static struct v4l2_m2m_ops m2m_ops = { +static const struct v4l2_m2m_ops m2m_ops = { .device_run = device_run, .job_ready = job_ready, .job_abort = job_abort,