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Message-ID: <20110414085152.042a79e4@nehalam>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:51:52 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Ron Mercer <ron.mercer@...gic.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-driver@...gic.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next] qlge: make nic_operations struct const

The struct nic_operations is just function pointers and should be
declared const for added security.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h	2011-04-14 08:31:15.863779054 -0700
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h	2011-04-14 08:31:19.231840948 -0700
@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ struct ql_adapter {
 	struct delayed_work mpi_idc_work;
 	struct delayed_work mpi_core_to_log;
 	struct completion ide_completion;
-	struct nic_operations *nic_ops;
+	const struct nic_operations *nic_ops;
 	u16 device_id;
 	struct timer_list timer;
 	atomic_t lb_count;
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c	2011-04-14 08:30:32.311185557 -0700
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c	2011-04-14 08:31:07.595627135 -0700
@@ -4412,12 +4412,12 @@ error:
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
-static struct nic_operations qla8012_nic_ops = {
+static const struct nic_operations qla8012_nic_ops = {
 	.get_flash		= ql_get_8012_flash_params,
 	.port_initialize	= ql_8012_port_initialize,
 };
 
-static struct nic_operations qla8000_nic_ops = {
+static const struct nic_operations qla8000_nic_ops = {
 	.get_flash		= ql_get_8000_flash_params,
 	.port_initialize	= ql_8000_port_initialize,
 };
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