linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: Declared file operation with const keyword

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Date:   Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:35:07 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     jovin555 <jovin555@...il.com>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: Declared file operation with
 const keyword

On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 12:13:00AM -0500, jovin555 wrote:
> Warning found by checkpatch.pl script.
> 
> Signed-off-by: jovin555 <jovin555@...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;
>  	struct ashmem_area *asma = file->private_data;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  

Did you build your modified kernel with this change in it?

Always do so...

greg k-h