Re: [PATCH] Declare the file_operations struct as const

[Krish Jain]

Hi, yes, this is my first time programming at this low level. And yes,
I read both docs now. Furthermore the issue is that my current
hardware can't handle building the kernel, it barely managed to
survive the first build after 2 hours so I don't know how I can. If I
change it to static const would it fix the issue and build
successfully?  If not what would be the error message, then I can
debug. Thanks

On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 9:48 AM Fabio M. De Francesco
<fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Friday, August 27, 2021 8:49:30 AM CEST Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > On Friday, August 27, 2021 3:59:28 AM CEST Krish Jain wrote:
> > >  From: Krish Jain <krishjain02939@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Declare the file_operations struct as const as done elsewhere in the
> > > kernel, as there are no modifications to its fields.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Krish Jain <krishjain02939@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > []
> > Are you sure that it works? I wouldn't be.
> > You didn't build this file. Please build your changes before submitting patches.
> >
> > Furthermore, please always rebase to the current version of the staging tree.
> >
> > Finally, please use the class modifier "static" as the first keyword of a declaration/definition
> > as it is done everywhere in the kernel (see "grep -rn "static const" drivers/staging/" and
> > then switch to "const static" and read the output).
>
> Please don't misunderstand me: as far as I can see this is your first patch and
> (I'm pretty sure I can speak for everyone else about this) you are very welcome
> to staging and to kernel hacking :)
>
> However, before posting further works, you'd better read at least the following
> documents:
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/4.Coding.html
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html
>
> And please don't forget to always CC linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
>
> Have a nice time with kernel hacking.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fabio
>
>