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SubjectRe: [PATCH 11/31] Constify struct file_operations for 2.6.32 v1
On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 02:47:44AM +0100, Emese Revfy wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:50:23AM +0100, Emese Revfy wrote:
> >> Greg KH wrote:
> >>> On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 01:02:59AM +0100, Emese Revfy wrote:
> >>>> -static struct file_operations ptmx_fops;
> >>>> +static const struct file_operations ptmx_fops = {
> >>>> + .llseek = no_llseek,
> >>>> + .read = tty_read,
> >>>> + .write = tty_write,
> >>>> + .poll = tty_poll,
> >>>> + .unlocked_ioctl = tty_ioctl,
> >>>> + .compat_ioctl = tty_compat_ioctl,
> >>>> + .open = ptmx_open,
> >>>> + .release = tty_release,
> >>>> + .fasync = tty_fasync,
> >>>> +};
> >>> You just made these functions all global, for no real good reason. Why
> >>> did you do this?
> >> I think this is the only way to make ptmx_fops const, provided we want to.
> >
> > Why do we want to?
>
> Because I saw that checkpatch.pl itself tries to ensure the same I went
> through the whole tree looking for non-const file_operations structures
> and tried to make them const as best as I could. If you think making
> ptmx_fops const is not worth the effort I will remove it from the patch.

Based on the patch, I would think it is not worth it.

thanks,

greg k-h


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