Re: [PATCH] staging: android: ashmem: used const keyword

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jul 28 2020 - 14:25:29 EST


On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:29:35PM +0530, Dhiraj Sharma wrote:
> I ran checkpatch.pl script which reported a warning to use const keyword
> on line 370.Therefore I made this change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dhiraj Sharma <dhiraj.sharma0024@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> index c05a214191da..f9cfa15b785f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
> @@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ ashmem_vmfile_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
>
> static int ashmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> {
> - static struct file_operations vmfile_fops;
> + static const struct file_operations vmfile_fops;

You have now submitted two patches that you obviously never even built,
which is the first step in kernel development :(

Please be more careful next time.

greg k-h