Check for watchdog_ops structures that are only stored in the ops field of
a watchdog_device structure. This field is declared const, so watchdog_ops
structures that have this property can be declared as const also.
This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
@r
disable optional_qualifier@
identifier i;
position p;
@@
static struct watchdog_ops i@p = { ... };
@ok@
identifier r.i;
struct watchdog_device e;
position p;
@@
e.ops = &i@p;
@bad@
position p != {r.p,ok.p};
identifier r.i;
struct watchdog_ops e;
@@
e@i@p
@depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
identifier r.i;
@@
static
+const
struct watchdog_ops i = { ... };
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/watchdog/coh901327_wdt.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/coh901327_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/coh901327_wdt.c
index 38dd60f0..4410337 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/coh901327_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/coh901327_wdt.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static const struct watchdog_info coh901327_ident = {
.identity = DRV_NAME,
};
-static struct watchdog_ops coh901327_ops = {
+static const struct watchdog_ops coh901327_ops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.start = coh901327_start,
.stop = coh901327_stop,
--
2.5.0
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