Check for ethtool_ops structures that are only stored in the ethtool_ops field of a net_device structure or passed as the second argument to netdev_set_default_ethtool_ops. These contexts are declared const, so ethtool_ops structures that have these properties can be declared as const also.
The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r disable optional_qualifier@ identifier i; position p; @@ static struct ethtool_ops i@p = { ... }; @ok1@ identifier r.i; struct net_device e; position p; @@ e.ethtool_ops = &i@p; @ok2@ identifier r.i; expression e; position p; @@ netdev_set_default_ethtool_ops(e, &i@p) @bad@ position p != {r.p,ok1.p,ok2.p}; identifier r.i; @@ i@p @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier r.i; @@ static +const struct ethtool_ops i = { ... }; // </smpl> Suggested-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@lip6.fr> --- drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc_eth_qos.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc_eth_qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc_eth_qos.c index 5a3941b..c25d971 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc_eth_qos.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/synopsys/dwc_eth_qos.c @@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@ static void dwceqos_set_msglevel(struct net_device *ndev, u32 msglevel) lp->msg_enable = msglevel; } -static struct ethtool_ops dwceqos_ethtool_ops = { +static const struct ethtool_ops dwceqos_ethtool_ops = { .get_drvinfo = dwceqos_get_drvinfo, .get_link = ethtool_op_get_link, .get_pauseparam = dwceqos_get_pauseparam,
