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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2015-02-13 14:39:05 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-13 21:21:40 -0800
commit0f3c5aab5e00527eb3167aa9d1725cca9320e01e (patch)
treefb608e409b321504e831d79bb40ff327bb0e1827 /scripts
parenta2fe16b9d878a101b67678872e5cd1410c057ec0 (diff)
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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 <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl8
1 files 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);
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