linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/26] net/mlx4_core: constify local structures

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Message-ID: <20160912045954.GD8812@leon.nu>
Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:59:54 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>, joe@...ches.com,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/26] net/mlx4_core: constify local structures

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 03:05:49PM +0200, 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.
> 2. Address never taken
> 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>

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

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