linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: fix checkpatch.pl struct should normally be const

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Date:   Thu, 19 May 2022 23:09:25 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Uri Arev <me@...tyapps.xyz>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Len Baker <len.baker@....com>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Srivathsa Dara <srivathsa729.8@...il.com>,
        Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fbtft: fix checkpatch.pl struct should normally
 be const

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 08:25:01PM +0300, Uri Arev wrote:
> This simple patch fixes a checkpatch.pl warning in `fbtft/fbtft-core.c`.
> 
> Reported by Checkpatch:
> WARNING: struct fb_ops should normally be const

...

> -	fbops = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct fb_ops), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	const fbops = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct fb_ops), GFP_KERNEL);

Why?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko