linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/26] sh_eth: constify local structures

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Date:   Sun, 11 Sep 2016 21:14:13 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     joe@...ches.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/26] sh_eth: constify local structures

On 09/11/2016 04:06 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:
> For structure types defined in the same file or local header files, find
> top-level static structure declarations that have the following
> properties:
> 1. Never reassigned.

   Really?

> 2. Address never taken

   Really?

> 3. Not passed to a top-level macro call
> 4. No pointer or array-typed field passed to a function or stored in a
> variable.
> Declare structures having all of these properties as const.
>
> Done using Coccinelle.
> Based on a suggestion by Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

    NAK, see sh_eth_set_default_cpu_data().

MBR, Sergei