On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote:
> Uses of struct of_device_id are most commonly const.
>
> Suggest using it as such.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <r...@kernel.org>
> ---
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 3642b0d..368db0d 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -5216,8 +5216,9 @@ 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 $const_structs = qr{
> + acpi_dock_ops|
> address_space_operations|
> backlight_ops|
> block_device_operations|
> @@ -5240,6 +5241,7 @@ sub process {
> mtrr_ops|
> neigh_ops|
> nlmsvc_binding|
> + of_device_id|
> pci_raw_ops|
> pipe_buf_operations|
> platform_hibernation_ops|
> @@ -5255,7 +5257,7 @@ sub process {
> usb_mon_operations|
> wd_ops}x;
> if ($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);
>
>
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