linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: struct of_device

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Date:	Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:23:17 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: struct of_device_id should usually be const

On Wed, 2014-09-10 at 09:15 +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -4941,6 +4941,7 @@ sub process {
>  				mtrr_ops|
>  				neigh_ops|
>  				nlmsvc_binding|
> +				of_device_id|
>  				pci_raw_ops|
>  				pipe_buf_operations|
>  				platform_hibernation_ops|

Fine by me, there are ~1200 or so const uses.

There are also ~350 of these that are not const.

Are most all of those supposed to be const?

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