[PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 6
Many struct file_operations in the kernel can be "const". Marking them const
moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential
dirty data. In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to
these shared resources.
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 987c773..277dcd6 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
extern int proc_pid_status(struct task_struct *, char *);
extern int proc_pid_statm(struct task_struct *, char *);
-extern struct file_operations proc_maps_operations;
-extern struct file_operations proc_numa_maps_operations;
-extern struct file_operations proc_smaps_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_maps_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_numa_maps_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_smaps_operations;
-extern struct file_operations proc_maps_operations;
-extern struct file_operations proc_numa_maps_operations;
-extern struct file_operations proc_smaps_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_maps_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_numa_maps_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations proc_smaps_operations;
void free_proc_entry(struct proc_dir_entry *de);