netdev - [PATCH 1/3] net: rtlwifi: constify rate_control

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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:29:33 +0530
From:   Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
        chaoming_li@...lsil.com.cn, kvalo@...eaurora.org,
        jon.maloy@...csson.com, ying.xue@...driver.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] net: rtlwifi: constify rate_control_ops

rate_control_ops are not supposed to change at runtime. All functions
working with rate_control_ops provided by <net/mac80211.h> work with
const rate_control_ops. So mark the non-const structs as const.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
index 951d257..02811ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rc.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static void rtl_rate_free_sta(void *rtlpriv,
 	kfree(rate_priv);
 }
 
-static struct rate_control_ops rtl_rate_ops = {
+static const struct rate_control_ops rtl_rate_ops = {
 	.name = "rtl_rc",
 	.alloc = rtl_rate_alloc,
 	.free = rtl_rate_free,
-- 
1.9.1