[PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 2
Many struct inode_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/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index 40eac2e..f92baa1 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.sendfile = generic_file_sendfile,
};
-struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations = {
.truncate = minix_truncate,
.getattr = minix_getattr,
};
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index 9ddfcc1..e56822b 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
.bmap = minix_bmap
};
-static struct inode_operations minix_symlink_inode_operations = {
+static const struct inode_operations minix_symlink_inode_operations = {
.readlink = generic_readlink,
.follow_link = page_follow_link_light,
.put_link = page_put_link,
diff --git a/fs/minix/minix.h b/fs/minix/minix.h
index e016ee9..73ef84f 100644
--- a/fs/minix/minix.h
+++ b/fs/minix/minix.h
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
extern ino_t minix_inode_by_name(struct dentry*);
extern int minix_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
-extern struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations;
-extern struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations;
+extern const struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations;
extern const struct file_operations minix_file_operations;
extern const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations;
extern struct dentry_operations minix_dentry_operations;
diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 299bb66..f4aa7a9 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
/*
* directories can handle most operations...
*/
-struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations = {
+const struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations = {
.create = minix_create,
.lookup = minix_lookup,
.link = minix_link,