Check for net_device_ops structures that are only stored in the netdev_ops
field of a net_device structure. This field is declared const, so
net_device_ops structures that have this property can be declared as const
also.
The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <smpl>
@r disable optional_qualifier@
identifier i;
position p;
@@
static struct net_device_ops i@p = { ... };
@ok@
identifier r.i;
struct net_device e;
position p;
@@
e.netdev_ops = &i@p;
@bad@
position p != {r.p,ok.p};
identifier r.i;
struct net_device_ops e;
@@
e@i@p
@depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
identifier r.i;
@@
static
+const
struct net_device_ops i = { ... };
// </smpl>
The result of size on this file before the change is:
text data bss dec hex filename
7995 848 8 8851 2293
drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.o
and after the change it is:
text data bss dec hex filename
8571 256 8 8835 2283
drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hip04_eth.o
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
.get_drvinfo = hip04_get_drvinfo,
};
-static struct net_device_ops hip04_netdev_ops = {
+static const struct net_device_ops hip04_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_open = hip04_mac_open,
.ndo_stop = hip04_mac_stop,
.ndo_get_stats = hip04_get_stats,