[PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 9
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/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.h
index 70fb133..5686446 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.h
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
struct spu_context *ctx, u32 *npc, u32 *status);
long spufs_create(struct nameidata *nd,
unsigned int flags, mode_t mode);
-extern struct file_operations spufs_context_fops;
+extern const struct file_operations spufs_context_fops;
/* gang management */
struct spu_gang *alloc_spu_gang(void);