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checkpatch: struct seq_operations should normally be const
authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:51:07 +0000 (13:51 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:39:39 +0000 (16:39 -0800)
In the general use case struct seq_operations should be a const object.
Check for and warn where it is not.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 5ea55e330c2444bdc8a18166a094801909a77ae1..447435c33dd5699ff6375d45978e3d992b630fe5 100755 (executable)
@@ -2527,9 +2527,10 @@ sub process {
                        WARN("please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 # check for struct file_operations, ensure they are const.
-               if ($line =~ /\bstruct\s+file_operations\b/ &&
-                   $line !~ /\bconst\b/) {
-                       WARN("struct file_operations should normally be const\n" . $herecurr);
+               if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
+                   $line =~ /\bstruct\s+(file_operations|seq_operations)\b/) {
+                       WARN("struct $1 should normally be const\n" .
+                               $herecurr);
                }
 
 # use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong