Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752661AbdGHAqc (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:46:32 -0400 Received: from gateway20.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.54.2]:47185 "EHLO gateway20.websitewelcome.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751892AbdGHAqb (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Jul 2017 20:46:31 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 19:23:21 -0500 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" To: Wim Van Sebroeck , Guenter Roeck Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Subject: [PATCH] watchdog: it87_wdt: constify watchdog_ops structure Message-ID: <20170708002321.GA10649@embeddedgus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator4166.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - embeddedor.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 189.152.152.176 X-Exim-ID: 1dTdWs-000fw2-Fd X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (embeddedgus) [189.152.152.176]:36974 X-Source-Auth: garsilva@embeddedor.com X-Email-Count: 8 X-Source-Cap: Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z2F0b3I0MTY2Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1246 Lines: 54 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 --- drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c index dd1e7ea..e96faea 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/it87_wdt.c @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static const struct watchdog_info ident = { .identity = WATCHDOG_NAME, }; -static struct watchdog_ops wdt_ops = { +static const struct watchdog_ops wdt_ops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .start = wdt_start, .stop = wdt_stop, -- 2.5.0