On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:17:37 -0800 Steven King <sfking@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > checkpatch spits this warning: > > > > WARNING: struct dev_pm_ops should normally be const > > #387: FILE: drivers/hwmon/tmp102.c:300: > > +static struct dev_pm_ops tmp102_dev_pm_ops = { > > > > which seems truthful enough. > > Indeed. I am, however, somewhat surprised since I ran the patch thru > checkpatch before posting it and no errors or warnings were reported. Is > there a version of checkpatch other than the one included in the tree that I > should be using? It was -mm's checkpatchpl-extend-list-of-expected-to-be-const-structures.patch which found this. From: Emese Revfy <re.emese@xxxxxxxxx> Based on Arjan's suggestion, extend the list of ops structures that should be const. Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy <re.emese@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatchpl-extend-list-of-expected-to-be-const-structures scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatchpl-extend-list-of-expected-to-be-const-structures +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2654,9 +2654,46 @@ sub process { if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) { WARN("please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr); } -# check for struct file_operations, ensure they are const. +# check for various ops structs, ensure they are const. + my $struct_ops = qr{acpi_dock_ops| + address_space_operations| + backlight_ops| + block_device_operations| + dentry_operations| + dev_pm_ops| + dma_map_ops| + extent_io_ops| + file_lock_operations| + file_operations| + hv_ops| + ide_dma_ops| + intel_dvo_dev_ops| + item_operations| + iwl_ops| + kgdb_arch| + kgdb_io| + kset_uevent_ops| + lock_manager_operations| + microcode_ops| + mtrr_ops| + neigh_ops| + nlmsvc_binding| + pci_raw_ops| + pipe_buf_operations| + platform_hibernation_ops| + platform_suspend_ops| + proto_ops| + rpc_pipe_ops| + seq_operations| + snd_ac97_build_ops| + soc_pcmcia_socket_ops| + stacktrace_ops| + sysfs_ops| + tty_operations| + usb_mon_operations| + wd_ops}x; if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ && - $line =~ /\bstruct\s+(file_operations|seq_operations)\b/) { + $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($struct_ops)\b/) { WARN("struct $1 should normally be const\n" . $herecurr); } _ _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors