netdev - [PATCH] vmxnet3" make ethtool ops const

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Message-ID: <20120104135813.06af6984@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net>
Date:	Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:58:13 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>
Cc:	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vmxnet3" make ethtool ops const

All tables of function pointers should be const to make hacks
more difficult. Compile tested only.

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


--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c	2011-12-19 09:53:44.815309363 -0800
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c	2012-01-04 13:15:22.773586753 -0800
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ vmxnet3_set_rss_indir(struct net_device
 }
 #endif
 
-static struct ethtool_ops vmxnet3_ethtool_ops = {
+static const struct ethtool_ops vmxnet3_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_settings      = vmxnet3_get_settings,
 	.get_drvinfo       = vmxnet3_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_regs_len      = vmxnet3_get_regs_len,
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