linux-kernel - [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: add ata_port_operations to the list of ops that ought to be const.

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Date:	Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:29:55 +0100
From:	Lionel Debroux <lionel_debroux@...oo.fr>
To:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: add ata_port_operations to the list of ops that ought to be const.

Patch against mainline.

---

Subject: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: add ata_port_operations to the list of ops that ought to be const.

I noticed that many ata_port_operations instances are constified
by the grsecurity patch, so it may be desirable to reduce the
introduction of non-const instances through checkpatch.pl.

Signed-off-by: Lionel Debroux <lionel_debroux@...oo.fr>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e3c7fc0..33fab2e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2810,6 +2810,7 @@ sub process {
 # check for various ops structs, ensure they are const.
 		my $struct_ops = qr{acpi_dock_ops|
 				address_space_operations|
+				ata_port_operations|
 				backlight_ops|
 				block_device_operations|
 				dentry_operations|
-- 
1.7.3.2.161.g3089c
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