netdev - Re: [PATCH 08/26] iwlegacy: constify local structures

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:24:10 +0200
From:   Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:     Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     joe@...ches.com, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/26] iwlegacy: constify local structures

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 03:05:50PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> For structure types defined in the same file or local header files, find
> top-level static structure declarations that have the following
> properties:
> 1. Never reassigned.
> 2. Address never taken
> 3. Not passed to a top-level macro call
> 4. No pointer or array-typed field passed to a function or stored in a
> variable.
> Declare structures having all of these properties as const.
> 
> Done using Coccinelle.
> Based on a suggestion by Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

Acked-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>