Declare bin_attribute structures as const as they are only passed as an arguments to the functions device_remove_bin_file and device_create_bin_file. These function arguments are of type const, so bin_attribute structures having this property can be made const too. Done using Coccinelle:
@r1 disable optional_qualifier @ identifier i; position p; @@ static struct bin_attribute i@p = {...}; @ok1@ identifier r1.i; position p,p1; @@ ( device_remove_bin_file(...,&i@p) | device_create_bin_file(..., &i@p1) ) @bad@ position p!={r1.p,ok1.p,ok1.p1}; identifier r1.i; @@ i@p @depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@ identifier r1.i; @@ +const struct bin_attribute i; Signed-off-by: Bhumika Goyal <bhumi...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c index ccbb045..73027a6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c @@ -1192,56 +1192,56 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_83xx_sysfs_flash_write_handler(struct file *filp, .store = qlcnic_store_beacon, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_crb = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_crb = { .attr = {.name = "crb", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_read_crb, .write = qlcnic_sysfs_write_crb, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_mem = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_mem = { .attr = {.name = "mem", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_read_mem, .write = qlcnic_sysfs_write_mem, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_npar_config = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_npar_config = { .attr = {.name = "npar_config", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_read_npar_config, .write = qlcnic_sysfs_write_npar_config, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_pci_config = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_pci_config = { .attr = {.name = "pci_config", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_read_pci_config, .write = NULL, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_port_stats = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_port_stats = { .attr = {.name = "port_stats", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_get_port_stats, .write = qlcnic_sysfs_clear_port_stats, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_esw_stats = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_esw_stats = { .attr = {.name = "esw_stats", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_get_esw_stats, .write = qlcnic_sysfs_clear_esw_stats, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_esw_config = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_esw_config = { .attr = {.name = "esw_config", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_read_esw_config, .write = qlcnic_sysfs_write_esw_config, }; -static struct bin_attribute bin_attr_pm_config = { +static const struct bin_attribute bin_attr_pm_config = { .attr = {.name = "pm_config", .mode = (S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR)}, .size = 0, .read = qlcnic_sysfs_read_pm_config, -- 1.9.1