Re: [PATCH] net: constify mdiobb_ops structures

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello!

On 01/13/2017 09:02 PM, Bhumika Goyal wrote:

> Declare mdiobb_ops structures as const as they are only stored in the
> ops field of mdiobb_ctrl structures. This field is of type const, so
> mdiobb_ops structures having this property can be declared const too.
> Done using Coccinelle:

[...]

> Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@xxxxxxxxx>
[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> index 92d7692..1b0acd1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int ravb_get_mdio_data(struct mdiobb_ctrl *ctrl)
>  }
>
>  /* MDIO bus control struct */
> -static struct mdiobb_ops bb_ops = {
> +static const struct mdiobb_ops bb_ops = {
>  	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
>  	.set_mdc = ravb_set_mdc,
>  	.set_mdio_dir = ravb_set_mdio_dir,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
> index 00fafab..6ef5dd8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
> @@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static void sh_mdc_ctrl(struct mdiobb_ctrl *ctrl, int bit)
>  }
>
>  /* mdio bus control struct */
> -static struct mdiobb_ops bb_ops = {
> +static const struct mdiobb_ops bb_ops = {
>  	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
>  	.set_mdc = sh_mdc_ctrl,
>  	.set_mdio_dir = sh_mmd_ctrl,
[...]

   For the above 2 drivers:

Acked-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

MBR, Sergei