Re: [PATCH] video: xilinxfb: constify fb_fix_screeninfo and fb_var_screeninfo structures

From: Michal Simek
Date: Mon Jul 10 2017 - 03:29:43 EST


On 8.7.2017 03:24, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> These structures are only used to copy into other structures,
> so declare them as const.
>
> This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
>
> @r disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier i;
> position p;
> @@
> static struct fb_fix_screeninfo i@p = { ... };
>
> @ok@
> identifier r.i;
> expression e;
> position p;
> @@
> e = i@p
>
> @bad@
> position p != {r.p,ok.p};
> identifier r.i;
> struct fb_fix_screeninfo e;
> @@
> e@i@p
>
> @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
> identifier r.i;
> @@
> static
> +const
> struct fb_fix_screeninfo i = { ... };
>
> The semantic patch for fb_var_screeninfo is analogous.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/xilinxfb.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/xilinxfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/xilinxfb.c
> index 17dc119..0bda18e 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/xilinxfb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/xilinxfb.c
> @@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ static struct xilinxfb_platform_data xilinx_fb_default_pdata = {
> /*
> * Here are the default fb_fix_screeninfo and fb_var_screeninfo structures
> */
> -static struct fb_fix_screeninfo xilinx_fb_fix = {
> +static const struct fb_fix_screeninfo xilinx_fb_fix = {
> .id = "Xilinx",
> .type = FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS,
> .visual = FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR,
> .accel = FB_ACCEL_NONE
> };
>
> -static struct fb_var_screeninfo xilinx_fb_var = {
> +static const struct fb_var_screeninfo xilinx_fb_var = {
> .bits_per_pixel = BITS_PER_PIXEL,
>
> .red = { RED_SHIFT, 8, 0 },
>

Acked-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Michal