linux-kernel - [PATCH] dlm: constify kset_uevent

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Date:   Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:51:09 +0200
From:   Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Christine Caulfield <ccaulfie@...hat.com>
Cc:     bhumirks@...il.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        David Teigland <teigland@...hat.com>, cluster-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] dlm: constify kset_uevent_ops structure

The kset_uevent_ops structure is only passed as the second argument
to kset_create_and_add, which is declared as const.  Thus the
kset_uevent_ops structure itself can be const.

Done with the help of Coccinelle.

// <smpl>
@r disable optional_qualifier@
identifier i;
position p;
@@
static struct kset_uevent_ops i@p = { ... };

@ok1@
identifier r.i;
expression e;
position p;
@@
 kset_create_and_add(e,&i@p,...)

@bad@
position p != {r.p,ok1.p};
identifier r.i;
struct kset_uevent_ops e;
@@
e@i@p

@depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
identifier r.i;
@@
static
+const
 struct kset_uevent_ops i = { ... };
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

---
 fs/dlm/lockspace.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
index 9ebfa05..78a7c85 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lockspace.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static int dlm_uevent(struct kset *kset, struct kobject *kobj,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct kset_uevent_ops dlm_uevent_ops = {
+static const struct kset_uevent_ops dlm_uevent_ops = {
 	.uevent = dlm_uevent,
 };