linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: used const keyword

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Message-ID: <20200728182519.GA328787@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:25:19 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dhiraj Sharma <dhiraj.sharma0024@...il.com>
Cc:     arve@...roid.com, tkjos@...roid.com, maco@...roid.com,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, christian@...uner.io, hridya@...gle.com,
        surenb@...gle.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: used const keyword

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:29:35PM +0530, Dhiraj Sharma wrote:
> I ran checkpatch.pl script which reported a warning to use const keyword
> on line 370.Therefore I made this change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dhiraj Sharma <dhiraj.sharma0024@...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 c05a214191da..f9cfa15b785f 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;

You have now submitted two patches that you obviously never even built,
which is the first step in kernel development :(

Please be more careful next time.

greg k-h