linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: Fixed a issue related to file

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Date:   Wed, 13 May 2020 14:02:18 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Anmol <anmol.karan123@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: Fixed a issue related to
 file_operations

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 05:11:16PM +0530, Anmol wrote:
> From: Anmol <anmol.karan123@...il.com>
> 
> Fixed a issue related to struct file_operations which should normally be const.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anmol <anmol.karan123@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> index 8044510d8ec6..fbb6ac9ba1ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ ashmem_vmfile_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>  
>  static int ashmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
> -	static struct file_operations vmfile_fops;
> +	static const struct file_operations vmfile_fops;

Did you properly build this change?

Also, always use your full name for kernel changes, as the Documentation
states to.

thanks,

greg k-h