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authorBhumika Goyal <bhumirks@gmail.com>2017-01-16 00:45:00 +0530
committerCorey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>2017-02-09 09:10:56 -0600
commitdb3b7e134185b27e6073618c1ad7eca1e4473eb4 (patch)
treef123d9a21f1a1f17f0cef66001cabfbee9e1a06b /drivers/char
parentc690d141489b0788db9ba95cc33075ad37d3ec30 (diff)
downloadlinux-db3b7e134185b27e6073618c1ad7eca1e4473eb4.tar.gz
char: ipmi: constify ipmi_smi_handlers structures
Declare ipmi_smi_handlers structures as const as they are only passed as
an argument to the function ipmi_register_smi. This argument is of type
const, so ipmi_smi_handlers structures having similar properties can be
declared const too.
Done using Coccinelle:

@r1 disable optional_qualifier@
identifier i;
position p;
@@
static struct ipmi_smi_handlers i@p={...};

@ok1@
identifier r1.i;
position p;
@@
ipmi_register_smi(&i@p,...)

@bad@
position p!={r1.p,ok1.p};
identifier r1.i;
@@
i@p

@depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
identifier r1.i;
@@
+const
struct ipmi_smi_handlers i;

Size details after cross compiling the .o file for powerpc architecture

File size before:
  text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  2777	    288	      0	   3065	    bf9	drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.o

File size after:
  text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
   2873	    192	      0	   3065	    bf9	drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.o

Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c
index 6e658aa114f1..b338a4becbf8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_powernv.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void ipmi_powernv_poll(void *send_info)
 	ipmi_powernv_recv(smi);
 }
 
-static struct ipmi_smi_handlers ipmi_powernv_smi_handlers = {
+static const struct ipmi_smi_handlers ipmi_powernv_smi_handlers = {
 	.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.start_processing	= ipmi_powernv_start_processing,
 	.sender			= ipmi_powernv_send,