On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<step...@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> Generic netlink tables can be const.
>
OVS external module can not use const due to compatibility code. But
there is no reason we can not do it for in-kernel module.
Thanks.
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
>
>
> --- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c 2014-07-09 03:06:11.400291765 -0700
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c 2014-07-09 03:09:35.688297236 -0700
> @@ -66,16 +66,16 @@ static struct genl_family dp_packet_genl
> static struct genl_family dp_flow_genl_family;
> static struct genl_family dp_datapath_genl_family;
>
> -static struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group = {
> - .name = OVS_FLOW_MCGROUP
> +static const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_flow_multicast_group = {
> + .name = OVS_FLOW_MCGROUP,
> };
>
> -static struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_datapath_multicast_group = {
> - .name = OVS_DATAPATH_MCGROUP
> +static const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_datapath_multicast_group = {
> + .name = OVS_DATAPATH_MCGROUP,
> };
>
> -struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group = {
> - .name = OVS_VPORT_MCGROUP
> +static const struct genl_multicast_group ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group = {
> + .name = OVS_VPORT_MCGROUP,
> };
>
> /* Check if need to build a reply message.
> @@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy flow_poli
> [OVS_FLOW_ATTR_CLEAR] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
> };
>
> -static struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
> +static const struct genl_ops dp_flow_genl_ops[] = {
> { .cmd = OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW,
> .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
> .policy = flow_policy,
> @@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy datapath_
> [OVS_DP_ATTR_USER_FEATURES] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
> };
>
> -static struct genl_ops dp_datapath_genl_ops[] = {
> +static const struct genl_ops dp_datapath_genl_ops[] = {
> { .cmd = OVS_DP_CMD_NEW,
> .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
> .policy = datapath_policy,
> @@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy vport_pol
> [OVS_VPORT_ATTR_OPTIONS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
> };
>
> -static struct genl_ops dp_vport_genl_ops[] = {
> +static const struct genl_ops dp_vport_genl_ops[] = {
> { .cmd = OVS_VPORT_CMD_NEW,
> .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, /* Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege. */
> .policy = vport_policy,
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