checkpatch: add of_device_id to structs that should be const
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:39:05 +0000 (14:39 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 14 Feb 2015 05:21:40 +0000 (21:21 -0800)
Uses of struct of_device_id are most commonly const.

Suggest using it as such.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 9c720e1261e98fa9abcb6596070d9d88d92f1db6..d12435992dea9d9910a007ec0bfd48e0230a26cd 100755 (executable)
@@ -5223,8 +5223,9 @@ sub process {
                             "please use device_initcall() or more appropriate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
-# check for various ops structs, ensure they are const.
-               my $struct_ops = qr{acpi_dock_ops|
+# check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
+               my $const_structs = qr{
+                               acpi_dock_ops|
                                address_space_operations|
                                backlight_ops|
                                block_device_operations|
@@ -5247,6 +5248,7 @@ sub process {
                                mtrr_ops|
                                neigh_ops|
                                nlmsvc_binding|
+                               of_device_id|
                                pci_raw_ops|
                                pipe_buf_operations|
                                platform_hibernation_ops|
@@ -5262,7 +5264,7 @@ sub process {
                                usb_mon_operations|
                                wd_ops}x;
                if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
-                   $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($struct_ops)\b/) {
+                   $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($const_structs)\b/) {
                        WARN("CONST_STRUCT",
                             "struct $1 should normally be const\n" .
                                $herecurr);