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video: cobalt_lcdfb: constify fb_fix_screeninfo structure

PATCH In review Gustavo A. R. Silva 2 participants 2 messages Jul 8, 2017 – Aug 1, 2017 Framebuffer layer

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PATCH 1/1 video: cobalt_lcdfb: constify fb_fix_screeninfo structure

This structure is only used to copy into other structures, so declare it as const.

This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:

@r disable optional_qualifier@
identifier i;
position p;
@@
static struct fb_fix_screeninfo i@p = { ... };

@ok@
identifier r.i;
expression e;
position p;
@@
e = i@p

@bad@
position p != {r.p,ok.p};
identifier r.i;
struct fb_fix_screeninfo e;
@@
e@i@p

@depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
identifier r.i;
@@
static
+const
struct fb_fix_screeninfo i = { ... };

---
 drivers/video/fbdev/cobalt_lcdfb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/video/fbdev/cobalt_lcdfb.c +1 -1
index 9da90bd..0ef633e 100644
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void lcd_clear(struct fb_info *info)
 	lcd_write_control(info, LCD_RESET);
 }
 
-static struct fb_fix_screeninfo cobalt_lcdfb_fix = {
+static const struct fb_fix_screeninfo cobalt_lcdfb_fix = {
 	.id		= "cobalt-lcd",
 	.type		= FB_TYPE_TEXT,
 	.type_aux	= FB_AUX_TEXT_MDA,
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Quoted 25 lines · Gustavo A. R. Silva

This structure is only used to copy into other structures, so declare it as const.

This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:

@r disable optional_qualifier@
identifier i;
position p;
@@
static struct fb_fix_screeninfo i@p = { ... };

@ok@
identifier r.i;
expression e;
position p;
@@
e = i@p

@bad@
position p != {r.p,ok.p};
identifier r.i;
struct fb_fix_screeninfo e;
@@
e@i@p

Quoted 8 lines

@depends on !bad disable optional_qualifier@
identifier r.i;
@@
static
+const
struct fb_fix_screeninfo i = { ... };

Patch queued for 4.14, thanks.

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics