From 0f3c5aab5e00527eb3167aa9d1725cca9320e01e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:39:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: add of_device_id to structs that should be const Uses of struct of_device_id are most commonly const. Suggest using it as such. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Acked-by: Rob Herring Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9c720e1..d124359 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5223,8 +5223,9 @@ sub process { "please use device_initcall() or more appropriate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr); } -# check for various ops structs, ensure they are const. - my $struct_ops = qr{acpi_dock_ops| +# check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree) + my $const_structs = qr{ + acpi_dock_ops| address_space_operations| backlight_ops| block_device_operations| @@ -5247,6 +5248,7 @@ sub process { mtrr_ops| neigh_ops| nlmsvc_binding| + of_device_id| pci_raw_ops| pipe_buf_operations| platform_hibernation_ops| @@ -5262,7 +5264,7 @@ sub process { usb_mon_operations| wd_ops}x; if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ && - $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($struct_ops)\b/) { + $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($const_structs)\b/) { WARN("CONST_STRUCT", "struct $1 should normally be const\n" . $herecurr); -- 2.7.4